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commit 9f5a995f9a25bf284b17e3c7313588e5ab71d367
Author: Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io>
Date:   Fri Dec 11 15:04:18 2020 +0100

    Write version strategy closer to where it is set, and correct it

diff --git a/HOWTO_RELEASE b/HOWTO_RELEASE
index 9bfcf6c..05853dc 100644
--- a/HOWTO_RELEASE
+++ b/HOWTO_RELEASE
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
     - CAPI_INTERFACE_REVISION
     - CAPI_INTERFACE_AGE
 
-    Always increase the revision value.
-    Increase the current value whenever an interface has been added, removed or changed.
-    Increase the age value only if the changes made to the ABI are backward compatible.
-
 2. Run 'make distcheck', fix any problem with it.
 
 3. Update the NEWS file (extract most important things from the
diff --git a/Version.txt b/Version.txt
index 5ad65a6..f7b8416 100644
--- a/Version.txt
+++ b/Version.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ GEOS_PATCH_WORD=dev
 
 # GEOS CAPI Versions
 #
-# Always increase the revision value.
-# Increase the current value whenever an interface has been
-# added, removed or changed.
-# Increase the age value only if the changes made to the ABI
-# are backward compatible.
+# - For a release with no interface changes just bump REVISION.
+#   ( Even if *nothing* changed in CAPI )
+# - Adding interfaces, bump CURRENT/AGE, set REVISION to 0.
+# - Deleting interfaces / compatibility issues - bump CURRENT, others to zero
+#   ( THIS MUST BE CAREFULLY AVOIDED )
 CAPI_INTERFACE_CURRENT=14
 CAPI_INTERFACE_REVISION=3
 CAPI_INTERFACE_AGE=13

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Summary of changes:
 HOWTO_RELEASE |  4 ----
 Version.txt   | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)


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