README.md: Improve version scheme text (#7465)

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Paths
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Locations:
* bin - Compiled binaries
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Compiling
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### Compiling on GNU/Linux
#### Dependencies
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Version scheme
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We use major.minor.patch since 5.0.0-dev. Prior to that we used 0.major.minor.
Minetest partially follows semver (major.minor.patch).
- Major is incremented when the release contains breaking changes, all other
numbers are set to 0.
- Minor is incremented when the release contains new non-breaking features,
patch is set to 0.
- Patch is incremented when the release only contains bugfixes and very
minor/trivial features considered necessary.
Since 5.0.0-dev and 0.4.17-dev, the dev notation refers to the next release,
ie: 5.0.0-dev is the development version leading to 5.0.0.
Prior to that, we used oldversion-dev.
Semver was adopted after 0.4.X series. Before that we used 0.major.minor scheme.
ie: 5.0.0-dev is the development version leading to 5.0.0.
Prior to that we used previous_version-dev.