Docs: Explain the stable releases better in README.

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- Z is the revision. This has different meaning for stable and
unstable releases:
* Stable: Z is incremented when bugs get fixed without adding
any new features.
any new features. This is intended to be convenient for
downstream distributors that want bug fixes but don't want
any new features to minimize the risk of introducing new bugs.
* Unstable: Z is just a counter. API or ABI of features added
in earlier unstable releases having the same X.Y may break.