SQLCipher core has long used the versioning scheme defined by semantic versioning, however many of our client libraries have utilized modified schemes to define their versions. As many of the client libraries we utilize as the basis for integrating SQLCipher are open source, often times their version schemes have already been defined.
Having different version schemes for our client libraries introduced confusion around a given library supporting a specific file format associated with a given SQLCipher core release. We may make changes to the upstream client library specific to SQLCipher integration and need a means of conveying that. To address this, we will utilize the X.Y.Z version scheme, for both SQLCipher core and client libraries, however we are adjusting the rules associated with the various version segments to properly align with our domain.
Modified X.Y.Z version rules for SQLCipher:
We plan to adopt this scheme going forward as we release new and updated client libraries with the aim of simplifying and consildating the versioning schemes across our libraries.