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# Versioning

uv is widely used in production and is considered stable software.

uv uses a custom versioning scheme in which the minor version number is bumped for breaking changes,
and the patch version number is bumped for bug fixes, enhancements, and other non-breaking changes.

uv is widely used in production. However, we value the ability to iterate on new features quickly
and gather changes that _could_ be breaking into clearly marked releases.

Once uv v1.0.0 is released, the versioning scheme will adhere to
[Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/). There is not a particular goal that must be achieved for
uv to reach this milestone.
The care we take in backwards-incompatible changes is proportional to the expected real-world
impact, not a function of arbitrary version numbering policies. We value the ability to iterate on
new features quickly and gather changes that _could_ be breaking into clearly marked releases.

uv's changelog can be [viewed on GitHub](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).

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