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PVP is which components of the version number are interpreted as
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major, minor, and patch-level numerals:
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- - PVP: *MAJOR.MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH*
+ - PVP: *MAJOR.MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH* [^1]
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- SemVer: *MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH*
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+[^1]: In PVP, components beyond the third are optional, to be used in any
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+ way the package maintainer sees fit. In practice, four-component
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+ versioning (`A.B.C.D`) is standard.
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While having a 2-part major component may confuse people used to
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SemVer, it provides an additional dimension for communicating API
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