Commit e60c8254 authored by Mike Lewis's avatar Mike Lewis

Edit table to be more explicit about when the releases are

parent 95ca1862
......@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ For example, for GitLab version 10.5.7:
- `5` represents minor version.
- `7` represents patch number.
The following table describes the versions and their release cadence:
The following table describes the version types and their release cadence:
| Version type | Cadence | Description |
| Version type | Description | Cadence |
|:-------------|:----------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Major | Yearly | For significant changes, or when any backward-incompatible changes are introduced to the public API. |
| Minor | Monthly | For when new backward-compatible functionality is introduced to the public API, a minor feature is introduced, or when a set of smaller features is rolled out. |
| Patch | As needed | For backward-compatible bug fixes that fix incorrect behavior. See [Patch releases](#patch-releases). |
| Major | For significant changes, or when any backward-incompatible changes are introduced to the public API. | Yearly. The next major release is GitLab 12.0 on May 22, 2019. As of June 2020, major releases will occur each year on June 22. | |
| Minor | For when new backward-compatible functionality is introduced to the public API, a minor feature is introduced, or when a set of smaller features is rolled out. | Monthly on the 22nd. |
| Patch | For backward-compatible bug fixes that fix incorrect behavior. See [Patch releases](#patch-releases). | As needed. |
## Patch releases
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