# Use a different versioning system? SemVer, perhaps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [May 16, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/use-a-different-versioning-system-semver-perhaps/20046 "2022-05-16T16:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/use-a-different-versioning-system-semver-perhaps/20046/2 "2022-05-17T05:49:15Z")
> [@New Anki beta and versioning](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/new-anki-beta-and-versioning/16229): > > Anki has a [long history](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/anki/+bug/371286) of not-so-great version numbers. sweat_smile Semver is a bit of a tricky subject. From the perspective of add-ons, it’s a breaking API change, and you could argue that should make it 3.0. But that’s not really practical - because add-ons are so tightly coupled, we’d end up bumping the major version every few releases that way. So I mainly focus on what’s exposed to end users outside of add-ons. This update doesn’t change how cards are stored on disk, or require a dow… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/use-a-different-versioning-system-semver-perhaps/20046)._