switch to commonly used version schema (#136)

* switch to commonly used version schema

* update release process

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cf8d7e5..13130f5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Any maintainer is allowed to merge a PR if all of these conditions are met.
 Maintainers need to do the following to push out a release:
 
 1. Make sure that all pending and mergeable pull requests are in
-2. Update the `snuffleupagus.h` file with the new version number
+2. Update the `snuffleupagus.h` file: drop the -dev suffix and check new version comply with [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/)
 3. Update the changelog page in the documentation
 4. Update the Debian changelog in ./debian/changelog with `dch`
 5. Create a tag for the release:
@@ -136,4 +136,5 @@ Maintainers need to do the following to push out a release:
   ```
 
 6. Create the [release on github](https://github.com/nbs-system/snuffleupagus/releases)
-7. Do the *secret release dance*
+7. Update the `snuffleupagus.h` file: bump the version 3rd digit and add the -dev suffix
+8. Do the *secret release dance*