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In the Semantic Versioning specification, incrementing the major version number (MAJOR) is specifically used to indicate incompatible changes to the existing public API.
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VerifiedIn Semantic Versioning (SemVer), a patch version increment is strictly limited to backward-compatible bug fixes, introducing no new features and making no changes to the public API.80% similarUnverifiedIn semantic versioning, incrementing the MAJOR version (e.g., 3.x→4.0) indicates the inclusion of breaking changes, such as deleting or renaming public APIs or modifying function signatures.77% similarVerifiedIn the Semantic Versioning (SemVer) specification, the version format is MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, and incrementing the major version number is used to indicate incompatible changes to the existing public API.76% similarVerifiedIn Semantic Versioning (SemVer), a Patch-level change commits to not breaking existing APIs.75% similarUnverifiedSemantic versioning protects the call compatibility of public APIs, but does not cover content changes in data structures75% similar
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