Socrates QE: Release naming scheme
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This document defines the naming scheme for releases, and the
semantics of the names given to releases/distributions of Socrates.

Release (and distributions) of Socrates will be tagged as follows:

x.x.x-<status>-x

where x is a number and <status> is one of:

* alpha : for releases that are largely untested;
* beta  : tested, but not guaranteed to be stable.

The semantics of the tagging is as follows:

in the first string of digits, before the status, the first number
denotes the number of major releases, involving redesign of the
architecture and major functional enhancements. The second number
denotes minor functional enhancements. The last number denotes fixes
on the release.

The first number will be increased whenever major rework is done, or
major enhancements have been performed. The second number will be
increased when in the major release minor functional enhancements have
been performed, and decreased when the first number is increased. The
last number is increased whenever one or more fixes have been
performed on a release, and decreased whenever the first or second
number is increased.

The status will always start as alpha, for any major release or minor
functional enhancements. Fixes will not alter the state of the
release. The status will evolve towards beta and from there towards
production, where the status tag will have been removed at all.

Whenever functionality is added, or redesign is performed, the status
of that release will start in alpha again.

Examples
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socrates-1.0.0-alpha.war
	First release with status alpha

fixes on this release:

socrates-1.0.1-alpha.war

after severe testing:

socrates-1.0.1-beta.war

when stable:

socrates-1.0.1.war

fixes:

socrates-1.0.2.war

minor functional enhancements:

socrates-1.1.0-alpha.war

major rework:

socrates-2.0.0-alpha.war