Semantic version (SemVer) is possibly the most widely used software versioning scheme. We all know how SemVer works: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. The first number is for backward-incompatible changes, the middle number is for backward-compatible new features, and the last number is for backward-compatible bugfixes. …it’s a shame how infrequently it actually seems to be used this way! Backward incompatible changes on minor versions happen all the time. By far the most common example are deprecations...
