Understanding Mermaid versions and the Release cycle

In this section, we will talk about Mermaid as a software project, its development model, and finally, how it is periodically bundled and released into specific versions. We will also learn about the semantic versioning scheme and about the release cycle of Mermaid.

Like any other software, Mermaid also has its own life cycle. Mermaid is an open source project that is supported by the open source community. Being open source has its own advantages, the key one being that the entire code base is available for everyone. Any developer can take an in-depth look at the source code, make a personal copy, and alter it as per their needs. Also, if the developer feels that any new feature or functionality added for their own use case might be useful for others, then the developer can actually contribute and share it with the parent project. In this manner, Mermaid gets a lot of new features, functionalities, and bug fixes from a significant...