From 2180ddece1f3ec46f46aefe5e4b17393d84b9345 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 11:46:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about version numbers, use v1.0.yyyymmdd

See discussion on #34
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 README.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0c8246..525c793 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -590,3 +590,12 @@ size =        11 cutoff =         0 all = 0
       1011      1011
       1836      1836
 ```
+
+
+### Version Numbers
+
+v1.0 has been released, but if you need to refer to a later revision
+from the stable master branch, please use ``v1.0.yyyymmdd`` where
+``yyyy-mm-dd`` is the date of the commit used. This is important for
+method details in scientific papers, and for software packaging
+(e.g. Conda, HomeBrew, or Linux distribution packages).