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Author: tomvanmele

docs/index.rst

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    plugins
    devguide
    changelog
+   releases
    license
    citing
 

docs/releases.rst

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+********************************************************************************
+Releases
+********************************************************************************
+
+.. rst-class:: lead
+
+COMPAS releases are available on the Python Package Index (PyPI), on ``conda-forge``
+or directly from the Github repo.
+
+Versions are tagged following the Semantic Versioning (semver) convention of ``MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH``.
+For more information see `Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 <https://semver.org/>`_.
+
+The current version of COMPAS is ``0.19.1``, which means we have not yet established a compleltely stable API.
+However, the ``0.19`` version series is the last before the release of ``COMPAS 1.0.0``!
+
+In the future, in addition to a version number, major releases will also have a name following the pattern
+``<geometric adjective> <nautical term>``, with the words forming an alliteration and the alliteration letter correspoding to the number of the release.
+For example, the first release could be ``COMPAS 1.0.0: the Affine Admiral``.
+The second could be ``COMPAS 2.0.0: the Barycentric Bulkhead``, and so on.
+