[Gmsh] gmsh versioning scheme

[Christophe Geuzaine]

> On 26 Sep 2017, at 15:24, Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> A few quick questions on Gmsh's versioning scheme:
> 
>  * When do you bump the major version?

Major rewrites (we're only at version 3, after 20+ years :-)

>  * When do you bump the minor version?

Important new features

>  * Is API change reflected by version bumps?
> 

Not yet, there is no documented/supported API.

Creating and supporting an API is one of the things we plan in the not-so-distant future.  See https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/issues/188

Christophe


> Cheers,
> Nico
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