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+title: Release Engineering - logstash
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+# logstash rel-eng.
+
+The version patterns for logstash are x.y.z
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+* In the same x.y release, no backwards-incompatible changes will be made.
+* Between x.y.z and x.y.(z+1), deprecations are allowed but should be
+  functional through the next release.
+* Any backwards-incompatible changes should be well-documented and, if
+  possible, should include tools to help in migrating.
+* It is OK to add features, plugins, etc, in minor releases as long as they do
+  not break existing functionality.
+
+I do not suspect the 'x' (currently 1) will change frequently. It should only change
+if there are major, backwards-incompatible changes made to logstash, and I'm
+trying to not make those changes, so logstash should forever be at 1.y,z,
+right? ;)

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