Merge pull request #719 from compas-dev/releases

Releases explanation

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 API of ``COMPAS`` was under heavy development up until ``COMPAS 0.19``,
+the last version series before ``1.0``.
+
+Starting with ``1.0`` the API has been stabilized and the project adheres strictly to
+semver. In addition to the version number, major releases also have a name
+following the pattern ``<geometric adjective> <nautical term>``, with the words
+forming a tautogram in which the first letter increases alphabetically on every major
+release and rolls back to A after reaching Z. For example: ``COMPAS 16.0: Projective Pirate``.