Use valid semver versions so library can be installed via bower

[m90]

I think it would be really nice if you could use semver for your versioning (major.minor.patch) as this would enable easy handling of the library via non-npm package managers like bower.

Right now the only version bower will install (without resorting to installing master@latest or referencing specific commits) is 7.0.1 as this is the last version that adhers to the spec.

[sourrust]

This has been answered quite often in one fashion or another. Simply put, even if we did use semver for bower, you would still need to do the build step since highlight.js doesn't work straight from the repo. You are much better off cloning the repo via git.

If you want an alternative, check out a third party repo that seems to be more active since the last time I checked.