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#*                              Versions.txt
#* Author: Matthew Ballance
#* Desc:   Information on version format 
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Versions may take two forms:
- release-patch snapshots
- pre-release snapshots

    Release-patch snapshots contain bug fixes to an existing 
release. New features are not included in release-patch snapshost.
Release-patch snapshots should be considered to be stable. Moving
from release-patch to release-patch should be nearly risk-free.

    Pre-release snapshots contain new features and bug-fixes for
the next major release. Pre-release snapshots are considered to 
be unstable. Regression in functionality may occur at the same 
time as important bugs are fixed.


    Version format for release-patch snapshots:
    <last-release>-<YYYY><MM><DD>

    Version format for pre-release snapshots:
    <next-release>-pre-<YYYY><MM><DD>

    Where 
    - YYYY is year  (2003)
    - MM   is month (04)
    - DD   is day   (03)
