Versioning

Definitions

1. The practice of assigning and managing versions for software, APIs, schemas, or artifacts over time. In engineering culture, versioning is how teams communicate change, compatibility, and upgrade expectations without making users guess.

   In plain English: The practice of assigning and managing version numbers over time.

   Example: "The technical problem was manageable, but the weak versioning policy made every dependency upgrade feel riskier than it needed to be."

Related Terms

• Version Policy
• Package Version
• Prerelease
• Project Changelog
• Project Release
• Release Draft
• Release Tag
• Release Version
• Stable API