4.0.0

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-# JSDoc 3 change history
+# JSDoc change history
 
-This file describes notable changes in each version of JSDoc 3.
+This file describes notable changes in each version of JSDoc, starting with version 3.0.0.
+
+
+## 4.0.0 (November 2022)
+
++ JSDoc releases now use [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/). If JSDoc makes
+  backwards-incompatible changes in the future, the major version will be incremented.
++ JSDoc no longer uses the [`taffydb`](https://taffydb.com/) package. If your JSDoc template or
+  plugin uses the `taffydb` package, see the
+  [instructions for replacing `taffydb` with `@jsdoc/salty`](https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc/tree/main/packages/jsdoc-salty#use-salty-in-a-jsdoc-template).
++ JSDoc now supports Node.js 12.0.0 and later.
 
 
 ## 3.6.11 (July 2022)

README.md

@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ To install the latest version on npm locally and save it in your package's
 
     npm install --save-dev jsdoc
 
-**Note**: By default, npm adds your package using the caret operator in front of
-the version number (for example, `^3.6.3`). We recommend using the tilde
-operator instead (for example, `~3.6.3`), which limits updates to the most
-recent patch-level version. See
-[this Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22343224) for
-more information about the caret and tilde operators.
-
 To install the latest development version locally, without updating your
 project's `package.json` file:
 
@@ -93,8 +86,8 @@ JSDoc](https://medium.com/@kevinast/integrate-gitbook-jsdoc-974be8df6fb3)
 
 ## License
 
-JSDoc 3 is copyright (c) 2011-present Michael Mathews <micmath@gmail.com> and
-the [contributors to JSDoc](https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc/graphs/contributors).
+JSDoc is copyright (c) 2011-present Michael Mathews <micmath@gmail.com> and the
+[contributors to JSDoc](https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc/graphs/contributors).
 
-JSDoc 3 is free software, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See
-the file `LICENSE.md` in this distribution for more details.
+JSDoc is free software, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the
+file `LICENSE.md` in this distribution for more details.

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "jsdoc",
-  "version": "3.6.11",
-  "revision": "1658338843387",
+  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "revision": "1667500635552",
   "description": "An API documentation generator for JavaScript.",
   "keywords": [
     "documentation",