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# Electron Versioning # Electron Versioning
If you are a seasoned Node developer, you are surely aware of `semver` - and might be used to giving your dependency management systems only rough guidelines rather than fixed version numbers. Due to the hard dependency on Node and Chromium, Electron is in a slightly more difficult position and does not follow semver. You should therefor always reference a specific version of Electron. If you are a seasoned Node developer, you are surely aware of `semver` - and
might be used to giving your dependency management systems only rough guidelines
rather than fixed version numbers. Due to the hard dependency on Node and
Chromium, Electron is in a slightly more difficult position and does not follow
semver. You should therefor always reference a specific version of Electron.
Version numbers are bumped using the following rules: Version numbers are bumped using the following rules:
* Major: For breaking changes in Electron's API - if you upgrade from `0.37.0` to `1.0.0`, you will have to update your app. * Major: For breaking changes in Electron's API - if you upgrade from `0.37.0`
* Minor: For major Chrome and minor Node upgrades; or significant Electron changes - if you upgrade from `1.0.0` to `1.1.0`, your app is supposed to still work, but you might have to work around small changes. to `1.0.0`, you will have to update your app.
* Patch: For new features and bug fixes - if you upgrade from `1.0.0` to `1.0.1`, your app will continue to work as-is. * Minor: For major Chrome and minor Node upgrades; or significant Electron
changes - if you upgrade from `1.0.0` to `1.1.0`, your app is supposed to
If you are using `electron-prebuilt`, we recommend that you set a fixed version number (`1.1.0` instead of `^1.1.0`) to ensure that all upgrades of Electron are a manual operation made by you, the developer. still work, but you might have to work around small changes.
* Patch: For new features and bug fixes - if you upgrade from `1.0.0` to
`1.0.1`, your app will continue to work as-is.
If you are using `electron-prebuilt`, we recommend that you set a fixed version
number (`1.1.0` instead of `^1.1.0`) to ensure that all upgrades of Electron are
a manual operation made by you, the developer.