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    Version numbers in npm follow a standard called "SemVer".  This stands
for "Semantic Version".  The specification for this standard can be
found at http://semver.org.
The tl;dr version is that for a version like this:

  1.2.3
  ^ ^ ^
  | | `-- Patch version. Update for every change.
  | `---- Minor version. Update for API additions.
  `------ Major version. Update for breaking API changes.