versiooninumbreid
Version numbers, often referred to in Estonian as versiooninumbreid, are identifiers attached to software releases that indicate their position in a development timeline and convey information about changes, compatibility, and stability. They help users decide whether an update is appropriate and enable package managers and build systems to manage dependencies.
The most common scheme is numeric versioning in the form major.minor.patch, such as 2.5.1. Additional indicators
Semantic Versioning (SemVer) provides rules linking version numbers to compatibility guarantees: incrementing the major version signals
Other schemes exist, including Calendar Versioning (CalVer), which encodes dates as version numbers (for example 2025.11).
In practice, version numbers guide dependency management, release notes, and user expectations. Best practices include maintaining
The use of version numbers evolved from simple release integers to structured systems formalized in semantic