Editing Software versioning (section)

===Odd-numbered versions for development releases===
Between the 1.0 and the 2.6.x series, the [[Linux kernel]] used [[even and odd numbers|odd]] minor version numbers to denote development releases and [[even and odd numbers|even]] minor version numbers to denote stable releases. For example, Linux 2.3 was a development family of the second major design of the Linux kernel, and Linux 2.4 was the stable release family that Linux 2.3 matured into. After the minor version number in the Linux kernel is the release number, in ascending order; for example, Linux 2.4.0 → Linux 2.4.22. Since the 2004 release of the 2.6 kernel, Linux no longer uses this system, and has a much shorter release cycle.

The same odd-even system is used by some other software with long release cycles, such as [[Node.js]] up to version 0.12 as well as [[WineHQ]].<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://nodesource.com/blog/nodejs-is-semver/ |title=Node.js is SemVer |date= September 15, 2015 |work=The NodeSource Blog – Node.js Tutorials, Guides, and Updates|access-date=March 26, 2018 |id= introduced Node with a Linux kernel-style odd/even versioning scheme.}}</ref>