The semantic versioning¶

During the course of development, the implementation of (new) features in NEST Desktop will be reviewed for compatibility. In this concept a general rule of the semantic versioning NEST Desktop was introduced that the operational capability of the application can be guaranteed.

The formal convention of the version releases for specifying compatibility in NEST Desktop uses a three-part number:

A major number¶

It uses a new framework, it might be not backward-compatible to older versions. In this case, stored data could be lost. However, it is able to import older data.

A minor number¶

It is a breaking feature such as a new library or a minor changes of the data structure. It means that this version could cause the compatibility issues and the user might reset the data of the page.

A patch number¶

It is a bugfix and non-breaking features were added to the code. The user is able to work with different patch versions of NEST Desktop and NEST Simulator.