EllisLab Blogs About 2.0.1
Last week, if you missed it, 2.0.1 of the ExpressionEngine public beta was released. In a follow-up to this release, el jeffe Leslie Camacho has blogged about it on the ExpressionEngine blog. The post is mostly about the distinction between a version and a build.
A Version, also called a Point release, is considered a substantial update and can be identified by a change in the Version number.
ExpressionEngine 2.0.0—> ExpressionEngine 2.0.1
Version updates typically contain fixes, updates, and possibly new features. The bigger the change in Version number, the more substantial the changes.
A Build is an update to ExpressionEngine within the same Version/point number. For example, ExpressionEngine 2.0.0 has Build 20091207 and Build 20091211
Mr. Camacho also goes on to point out the excellent Build Forums whose RSS feed you can subscribe to by clicking here