From fd526ad3d922ae1bbccfb02fea07a6ed35440c88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seth Vargo Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 16:06:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that only X.Y.Z is valid for versions in semver Fixes #6052 --- website/docs/source/v2/boxes/versioning.html.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/boxes/versioning.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/boxes/versioning.html.md index dc4cf3e28..906b53d69 100644 --- a/website/docs/source/v2/boxes/versioning.html.md +++ b/website/docs/source/v2/boxes/versioning.html.md @@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ but "2.0" might introduce big changes that break your software. By following this convention, the best constraint is `~> 1.0` because you know it is safe no matter what version is in that range. -Of course, you're free to use versions however you'd like! +Please note that, while the semantic versioning specification allows for +more than three points and pre-release or beta versions, Vagrant boxes must be +of the format `X.Y.Z` where `X`, `Y`, and `Z` are all positive integers. ## Automatic Update Checking