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When releasing a version, the most important information is whether this is a beta preview release or the final (majorstable) release of this major version (see Release types).
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Releasing a major version, the next version will increase the major number by 1 and set the releasenumber to 1 0 (e.g. releasing 1.5.2 as major release will create a new version 1.6.10)