Prior to Rails 3 Rails' versioning scheme left a lot to be desired. However, starting with Rails 3 it is supposed to be following Semantic Versioning. (http://s

Prior to Rails 3 Rails' versioning scheme left a lot to be desired. However, starting with Rails 3 it is supposed to be following Semantic Versioning. (http://semver.org http://semver.org) This should help with giving people an idea if they can update without fear their app will break.