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Version Numbers and Releases

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 Curl is not only curl. Curl is also libcurl. They're actually individually

 versioned, but they mostly follow each other rather closely.

 The version numbering is always built up using the same system:

        X.Y[.Z]

        X.Y.Z

  - X is main version number

  - Y is release number

  - Z is patch number

 Where

   X is main version number

   Y is release number

   Z is patch number

## Bumping numbers

 One of these numbers will get bumped in each new release. The numbers to the

 right of a bumped number will be reset to zero. If Z is zero, it may not be

 release. It makes comparisons with greater than and less than work.

 This number is also available as three separate defines:

 LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR, LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR and LIBCURL_VERSION_PATCH.

 `LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR`, `LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR` and `LIBCURL_VERSION_PATCH`.