STEP:Versioning
From Step Mods | Change The Game
Proposed[edit | edit source]
Major.Minor.Hotfix[edit | edit source]
- Major - Introduce fundamental new functionality, tools, or methods. (e.g., Official Pack implementation [i.e., STEP Extended, STEP ENB, STEP-sponsored Packs], BOSS to LOOT, Wrye Bash to MO).
- Minor - changes to mod lineup.
- Hotfix - Change/fix Guide instructions that require amendment to the changelog (however large or small) and any other 'hotfixes' (e.g., changes to mod install order).
Under this scheme[edit | edit source]
Current STEP: 2.9.2
- v2 brought changes to mod sorting and mod management software and introduced Pack support (if we had been consistent, this version # should be up to maybe 3-4 by now, but water under the bridge)
- v9 constitutes lots of mod changes.
- v2 constitutes hotfixes (if we had been historically consistent, some of these changes would have constituted minor increments)
Examples[edit | edit source]
Skyrim & potential new FO4 guides (current Skyrim STEP Guide):
- Skyrim: 2.9.2
- FO4: 1.0.0
- Switch to official Wrye Bash support (change to current Skyrim STEP Guide [2.9.2]): 3.0.0 (major change resets minor/hotfix??)
- Remove a mod (change to current Skyrim STEP Guide [2.9.2]): 2.10.0 (minor change resets hotfix)
- Correct/update guide/mod instructions (change to current Skyrim STEP Guide [2.9.2]): 2.9.3
- Separate Extended from Core AND change mod management software (two major changes "at once"): (change to current Skyrim STEP Guide [2.9.2]): 3.0.0 (major change(s) resets minor/hotfix)
