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README: Fix description of version numbering scheme
The version numbering scheme was changed in Oct, 2008. This patch brings the documentation to the actual level. The description is taken from: http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/ReleaseCycle Signed-off-by: Thomas Weber <weber@corscience.de> Changed text slightly. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
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Versioning:
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U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
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sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
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sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
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The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
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between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
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U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
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Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
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were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
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into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
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names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
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Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
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releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
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Examples:
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U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
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U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
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U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
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