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[incubator-datasketches-website] 01/02: Update downloads page.
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leerho pushed a commit to branch MoreRefactor
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commit 408a64462eb7c4b2168021a9141faf8f75259e0e
Author: Lee Rhodes <le...@users.noreply.github.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 24 14:45:41 2020 -0700
Update downloads page.
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docs/Community/Downloads.md | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/Community/Downloads.md b/docs/Community/Downloads.md
index 500556a..afc789a 100644
--- a/docs/Community/Downloads.md
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@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ It is essential that you verify the integrity of release downloads. See [instruc
From [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:%20org.apache.datasketches).
## Version Numbers
-Apache DataSketches uses [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/). Version numbers use the form major.minor.incremental and are incremented as follows:
+Apache DataSketches uses [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/). Version numbers use the form major.minor.incremental and are updated as follows:
-* __major version__ for major new functionality and/or major API changes that may be incompatible with prior versions
-* __minor version__ for new functionality and scheduled bug fixes. This should be API compatible with prior versions
-* __incremental version__ for unscheduled bug fixes only
+* __major version__ for major new functionality and/or major API changes that may (or may not) be API compatible with prior versions.
+* __minor version__ for new functionality and scheduled bug fixes. These should be API compatible with prior versions.
+* __incremental version__ for unscheduled bug fixes only.
+
+Note: we maintain *binary compatiblity* of a specific sketch type across language and time, independent of releases. For example, a Theta Sketch version 0.1.0 (Aug, 2015) generated using Java and stored to its binary image can be merged with a Theta Sketch version 1.2.0 (Jan, 2020) generated with C++ and stored to its binary image.
The zip files downloaded from [incubator-datasketches-xxx](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/incubator/datasketches)
include a version number in the name, as in _apache-datasketches-java-1.1.0-incubating-src.zip_.
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