From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@colostate.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:49:47 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Update one step.
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Update one step.
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diff --git a/release-tasks b/release-tasks
index e0c577d..d002aad 100644
--- a/release-tasks
+++ b/release-tasks
@@ -308,10 +308,13 @@ Best
      nevertheless: push protection + mandatory test + mandatory number of
      reviews, best between 2 and 3
 
-5/ Update the VERSION from 9.0.0-pre to 9.1.0-pre on master
+5/ Update the VERSION from 9.0.0-pre to 9.1.0-pre on
+  master. (Conservatively only increment the minor version even if the
+  plan is to later release a major update -- it is always possible to
+  convert 9.4 into 10.0 later, but one can't easily back down any more.)
 
   git checkout master
-  git commit -a -m "update VERSION"
+  git commit -a -m "Update VERSION."
 
   [ pull request for master branch ]