1 1.1 kardel 2 1.1 kardel NTP uses A.B.C - style release numbers. 3 1.1 kardel 4 1.1 kardel At the moment: 5 1.1 kardel 6 1.1 kardel A is 4, for ntp V4. 7 1.1 kardel B is the major release number. 8 1.1 kardel C is the minor release number. Even numbers are 'stable' releases and 9 1.1 kardel odd numbers are "development" releases. 10 1.1 kardel 11 1.1 kardel Following the release number may be the letter 'p' followed by a number. 12 1.1 kardel This indicates a point (or patch) release. 13 1.1 kardel 14 1.1 kardel Release candidates have -RC in the release number. 15 1.1 kardel 16 1.1 kardel Here are some recent versions numbers as an example: 17 1.1 kardel 18 1.1 kardel 4.2.2 A production release (from the ntp-stable repository) 19 1.1 kardel 4.2.2p2 A production release (from the ntp-stable repository) 20 1.1 kardel 4.2.3p12 A development release 21 1.1 kardel 4.2.3p15-rc1 A release candidate for 4.2.4 22 1.1 kardel 23 1.1 kardel Note that after the ntp-dev repo produces a production release it will 24 1.1 kardel be copied into the ntp-stable and the cycle will repeat. 25 1.1 kardel 26 1.1 kardel Feel free to suggest improvements... 27 1.1 kardel 28