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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _development-tips:
+
+Versioning Bcfg2
+----------------
+
+#. These are the conventions Bcfg2 has adopted for `versioning`_:
+
+ * The version number will be broken down into Major.Minor.MicroBuild.
+ * Major and Minor are ever increasing integers.
+ * Micro is a single digit integer. This is because of limits in some
+of the package systems (specifically Mac OS X).
+ * Build is either missing or refers to release candidates: e.g.
+"pre3".
+
+
+.. _versioning: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Software_versioning