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Versioning Table of Contents We value stability and transparency. Thus we strive to ensure that our reusable components and libraries don't become outdated and obsolete. General information The Porsche Design System Libraries are released separately following semantic versioning whereby the numbers indicate the level of changes that are introduced. It should help you understand and plan the potential impact of updating. MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH e.g. v1.0.1 Major (X.y.z) (breaking) changes in code or design, removal or renaming of existing features that require updates or refactorings within the application Minor (x.Y.z) new feature (packages) in code or design Patch (x.y.Z) bug fixes or structure optimisation Release planning We try to release with a regular schedule to enable the planning of updates. A major release every 6 months in summer and winter, and up to 3 minor releases for each major release. Deprecation and maintenance rules We work hard to minimize the number of breaking changes and provide migration paths. But of course, sometimes major releases are necessary. In general, we will mark removed, renamed or changed interfaces or elements as deprecated for one major release cycle before we will delete them. Updates must be scheduled and integrated within 6 months. We try to keep our major releases as easy to update as possible. Thus we only provide bug fixes for the latest major release. Support for older major releases is stopped as soon as a new one is released.
Global settingsThemeChanges the theme of the application and any Porsche Design System component. It's possible to choose between forced theme light and dark. It's also possible to use auto, which applies light or dark theme depending on the operating system settings automatically.LightDarkAuto (sync with operating system)DirectionThe dir global attribute in HTML changes the direction of text and other content within an element. It's most often used on the <html> tag to set the entire page's direction, which is crucial for supporting languages that are written from right to left (RTL), such as Arabic and Hebrew. For example, using <html dir="rtl"> makes the entire page display from right to left, adjusting the layout and text flow accordingly.LTR (left-to-right)RTL (right-to-left)Text ZoomTo ensure accessibility and comply with WCAG 2.2 AA standards, it is mandatory for web content to support text resizing up to at least 200% without loss of content or functionality. Using relative units like rem is a best practice for achieving this, as they allow the text to scale uniformly based on the user's browser settings.100%130%150%200%