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commit f2ab807a1daef9b9ba2e52b8e1617f8462c3ff0d
Author: Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io>
Date:   Fri Dec 11 15:07:24 2020 +0100

    Document versioning where it is set

diff --git a/HOWTO_RELEASE b/HOWTO_RELEASE
index eb37369..f506640 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 4644d54..d5553b1 100644
--- a/Version.txt
+++ b/Version.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ GEOS_PATCH_WORD=rc1
 
 # 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=17
 CAPI_INTERFACE_REVISION=2
 CAPI_INTERFACE_AGE=16

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Summary of changes:
 HOWTO_RELEASE |  4 ----
 Version.txt   | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)


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