1106163Sroberto 2106163SrobertoNTP uses A.B.C - style release numbers. 3106163Sroberto 4106163SrobertoAt the moment: 5106163Sroberto 6106163Sroberto A is 4, for ntp V4. 7182007Sroberto B is the major release number. 8182007Sroberto C is the minor release number. Even numbers are 'stable' releases and 9182007Sroberto odd numbers are "development" releases. 10106163Sroberto 11182007SrobertoFollowing the release number may be the letter 'p' followed by a number. 12182007SrobertoThis indicates a point (or patch) release. 13106163Sroberto 14182007SrobertoRelease candidates have -RC in the release number. 15106163Sroberto 16106163SrobertoHere are some recent versions numbers as an example: 17106163Sroberto 18182007Sroberto 4.2.2 A production release (from the ntp-stable repository) 19182007Sroberto 4.2.2p2 A production release (from the ntp-stable repository) 20182007Sroberto 4.2.3p12 A development release 21182007Sroberto 4.2.3p15-rc1 A release candidate for 4.2.4 22106163Sroberto 23106163SrobertoNote that after the ntp-dev repo produces a production release it will 24106163Srobertobe copied into the ntp-stable and the cycle will repeat. 25106163Sroberto 26106163SrobertoFeel free to suggest improvements... 27106163Sroberto 28