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| author | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2015-03-12 13:53:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2015-03-12 13:53:50 +0000 |
| commit | 2f240cb8057fed745b488643f18fe16cc4ef4a27 (patch) | |
| tree | f7a61d7a0669823415d8b7ea0d239042bbc27eeb /docs | |
| parent | 106dee453b225c0cc620c510e450fef7df592533 (diff) | |
| parent | 4fbe3e5898e9c481c95af3af5f8bf6c90bc1e10f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'gh-pages' of ssh://git.mysociety.org/data/git/public/alaveteli into gh-pages
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/running/upgrading.md | 27 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/docs/running/upgrading.md b/docs/running/upgrading.md index 533035892..32146a3c6 100644 --- a/docs/running/upgrading.md +++ b/docs/running/upgrading.md @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Upgrading Alaveteli ==================== <p class="lead"> - Alaveteli is under active development — don't let the - version you're running get too far behind our latest + Alaveteli is under active development — don’t let the + version you’re running get too far behind our latest <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#release" class="glossary__link">release</a>. - This page describes how to keep your site up-to-date + This page describes how to keep your site up to date. </p> ## How to upgrade the code @@ -29,23 +29,26 @@ you should always run the script `scripts/rails-post-deploy` after each deployment. This runs any database migrations for you, plus various other things that can be automated for deployment. -## Alaveteli Version Numbers +<div class="attention-box info"> + You don't need to run the script if you're using Capistrano, because the + deployment mechanism automatically runs it for you. +</div> -Alaveteli uses a shifted version of [semver](http://semver.org). +## Alaveteli version numbers -- Series `W` -- Major `X` -- Minor `Y` -- Patch `Z` +Alaveteli uses a “shifted” version of [semver](http://semver.org) +(just as [Rails version numbering](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/maintenance_policy.html) +does). This means that version numbers are of the form: `SERIES.MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH`. -At the time of writing the current release is `0.19.0.6`: +At the time of writing, the current release is `0.19.0.6`: - Series `0` - Major `19` - Minor `0` - Patch `6` -Alaveteli will transition to the [semver](http://semver.org) specification when it reaches `1.0.0`. +We'll use the [semver](http://semver.org) specification for Alaveteli's +version numbering when it reaches `1.0.0`. ## Master branch contains the latest stable release @@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ Only major releases may remove existing functionality. You will be warned about Special instructions will accompany series releases. -## Deprecation Notices +## Deprecation notices You may start to see deprecation notices in your application log. They will look like: |