From 3d6cdc996f3a3f4d54d0d8926daa3973d69e4dc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:54:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add release vs. snapshot distinction to version increment
 instructions

---
 RELEASING | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING
index e0693df97..896694b9a 100644
--- a/RELEASING
+++ b/RELEASING
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ Here are the steps to follow to create a new cairo release:
 	So cairo_version_major will not be incremented unless we come
 	up with a new versioning scheme to take advantage of it.
 
-	If there are API additions, then increment
-	cairo_version_minor and reset cairo_version_micro to 0.
+	If there are API additions, then increment cairo_version_minor
+	and reset cairo_version_micro to 0. NOTE: The minor version is
+	only incremented for releases, not for snapshots.
 
 	Otherwise, (ie. there are only bug fixes), increment
 	cairo_version_micro to the next larger (even) number.