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versioning: update wording on release definition

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@ -37,20 +37,21 @@ critical bug fixes (crashes and the like).
For others, releases are only checkpoints. A way of saying that features are For others, releases are only checkpoints. A way of saying that features are
being added, bugs are being fixed, and have people talk about it. being added, bugs are being fixed, and have people talk about it.
What appears in these releases is actually defined nowhere. It is up to There is no global definition of what a release is supposed to be. It is up to
project maintainers to decide what they want to see in. They could very well project maintainers to decide what they want to see in it. They could very
make a release every other commit and be happy with it if they wanted to be well make a release every other commit and be happy with it if they wanted to
silly. They would still be [semver](https://semver.org) compliant -- one of the be silly. They would still be [semver](https://semver.org) compliant -- one of
various versioning scheme defined out there. the various versioning scheme defined out there.
Nothing also mandates they have to backport bug fixes to the current or Nothing also mandates they have to backport bug fixes to the current or
previous releases, and some projects actually cannot afford such a luxury. All previous releases, and some projects actually cannot afford such a luxury. All
of this takes time and that is a really expensive resource in a project. of this takes time and that is a really expensive resource in a project.
_Update from the present: Even if I had time I don't think I would do it. _Update from the present:_
I think the issue I tried to convey in this article isn't that we don't have
time, it's that I'm tired of being imposed a vision of the world I don't agree _I think the issue I tried to convey in this article isn't that we don't have
with. What's more, people having these expectations often don't even take part time, or that there's no definition of a release, it's that I'm tired of being
in the process of making the project or the in community around it, at any imposed a vision of the world I don't agree with. What's more, people having
level._ these expectations often don't even take part in the process of making the
project or the in community around it, at any level._