1 # GitLab Maintenance Policy
3 GitLab is a fast moving and evolving project. We currently don't have the
4 resources to support many releases concurrently. We support exactly one stable
5 release at any given time.
7 GitLab follows the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) for its releases:
8 `(Major).(Minor).(Patch)`.
10 * **Major version**: Whenever there is something significant or any backwards
11 incompatible changes are introduced to the public API.
12 * **Minor version**: When new, backwards compatible functionality is introduced
13 to the public API or a minor feature is introduced, or when a set of smaller
14 features is rolled out.
15 * **Patch number**: When backwards compatible bug fixes are introduced that fix
18 The current stable release will receive security patches and bug fixes
19 (eg. `5.0` -> `5.0.1`). Feature releases will mark the next supported stable
20 release where the minor version is increased numerically by increments of one
23 We encourage everyone to run this release and are trying to keep the update
24 procedures simple and reliable.