Merge pull request #118 from PiyushRaj927/add_versioning_policy

add version policy document

README.md

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 - [x] [PgCron ](https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron)
 - [ ] [Citus](https://www.citusdata.com/)
 
+## Releases
+- [Versioning Policy](./docs/version-policy.md)
+
 Bootstrapped from [TimescaleDB](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb-docker)

docs/version-policy.md

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+# Version Policy
+
+WarpSQL adopts [Semantic Versioning(SemVer)](https://semver.org/) using the `MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` format.
+
+## WarpSQL versions
+
+### MAJOR Version (v1.x.x):
+
+when backward incompatible changes are introduced.
+Examples:
+
+- Increment an extension to `MAJOR` versions
+- Features causing backward incompatibility
+
+### MINOR Version (vx.1.x):
+
+when new features and extensions are added, but are backward compatible.
+Examples:
+
+- Increment an extension to `MINOR`/`PATCH` versions
+- Addition of an extension
+- Upgrades maintaining backward compatibility
+
+### PATCH Version (vx.x.1):
+
+when backward compatible bug fixes are added.
+
+### PRE-RELEASE (vx.x.x-alpha.2)
+This releases might introduce breaking changes on any update. This release carries no stability guarantees.
+
+The pre-release progression follows the sequence:
+
+- Alpha: `-alpha`
+- Beta: `-beta`
+- Release Candidate: `-rc`
+
+## WarpSQL Docker images 
+
+The WarpSQL images tags follow a consistent naming convention,
+deliberately excluding the use of a `latest` tag. This omission is intentional to prevent accidental upgrades in dependencies and PostgreSQL versions.
+
+### Alpine Images
+The default base distribution for WarpSQL is Alpine. The tags follow this format:
+```html
+<warpsql_version>-pg<postgres_version>
+<warpsql_version>-pg<postgres_version>-alpine
+```
+### Bitnami Images
+
+```html    
+<warpsql_version>-pg<postgres_version>-bitnami
+```
+
+### Examples
+- An Alpine image with `warpsql_version=1.2.1-alpha` and PostgreSQL 15 is represented by the tag `1.2.1-alpha-pg15-alpine`.