The version numbering scheme was changed in Oct, 2008. This patch brings the documentation to the actual level. The description is taken from: http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/ReleaseCycle

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weber weber@corscience.de --- README | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README index ccaace7..58ef06a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -126,14 +126,16 @@ the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: Versioning: ===========

-U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a -sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2", -sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4". - -The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development -between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of -U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0". - +Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases were +changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning into a +time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by names +consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date. +Additional fields (if present) indicate intermediate (hot fix) releases, +and bug fix releases in "stable" maintenance trees. + +Examples: + U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - version September 2010, release candidate 1 + U-Boot v2009.11.1 - version November 2009, bug fix release 1

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