From 3dfd7ac80e872f567ada3593a0be54d02edfd5ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunrisepeak <speakshen@163.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:16:20 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] 0.21.2: the specification by its minor version

The 0.21 line's form of 0.22.2: the manifest declares openkal = "^0.25.0"
(openkal clause 8).
---
 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
 mcpp.toml | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b9ee4d..7d5c7a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ An implementation of [openkal](https://github.com/mcpplibs/openkal) for Windows.
 openkal = "0.25.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-openkal-windows = "0.21.1"
+openkal-windows = "0.21.2"
 ```
 
 Its purpose is as much to test the specification as to be used. openkal was
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ drawn against systems that share an ancestry; a third implementation on a system
 that shares none of it is what turns "this interface is not Unix's shape" from a
 claim into an observation.
 
+## What 0.21.2 corrects
+
+The manifest declares `openkal = "^0.25.0"`. An implementation written against a
+patch release of the specification conforms to every later patch of that minor
+version (openkal clause 8); with an exact version, a consumer that names openkal
+0.25.1 could not resolve with this implementation.
+
 ## What 0.21.1 corrects
 
 **A handle is retired before its value is closed.** A connection, a listener and a
diff --git a/mcpp.toml b/mcpp.toml
index aebc79e..e607581 100644
--- a/mcpp.toml
+++ b/mcpp.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 namespace   = "mcpplibs"
 name        = "openkal-windows"
-version     = "0.21.1"
+version     = "0.21.2"
 description = "An implementation of openkal for Windows, written on the Win32 interfaces and the object manager beneath them, using no C runtime symbol."
 license     = "Apache-2.0"
 
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ provides-interfaces = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-openkal = "0.25.0"
+# Every patch release of the specification's minor version (openkal clause 8).
+openkal = "^0.25.0"
 
 # The package contributes definitions and no modules. The interface it
 # implements is declared by the specification package, which this package