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| -rw-r--r-- | libavutil/version.h | 6 |
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diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h index 3e94a23ca3..dec1b1b01c 100644 --- a/libavutil/version.h +++ b/libavutil/version.h @@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ * Useful to check and match library version in order to maintain * backward compatibility. * + * The FFmpeg libraries follow a versioning sheme very similar to + * Semantic Versioning (http://semver.org/) + * The difference is that the component called PATCH is called MICRO in FFmpeg + * and its value is reset to 100 instead of 0 to keep it above or equal to 100. + * Also we do not increase MICRO for every bugfix or change in git master. + * * @{ */ |