[zeromq-dev] Backwards compatibility?

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Martin Sustrik <sustrik at 250bpm.com> wrote:

> Actually, the fact of breaking backward compatibility (such as removing
> LWN option) should result in major version bump... 3.0, 4.0.
>
> What I dear though is getting to 35.0 pretty quickly :)

Major version bumps should be (as from 1.0 to 2.0) for major
architectural changes.

Minor version bumps for significant changes within one architectural cycle.

-Pieter