Revision as of 16:12, 23 December 2006

What's new

The new software versioning scheme rules each application software to be named as:

V x[.y] R m.f.h

Where V and R stand for:

• V = Version
  • The Version field is identified by:
    • x = Major Release as result of major feature enhancements with M3 status of product (as new product version).
    • y = as an optional additional numbering.

• R = Release
  • The Release field is identified by:
    • m = Minor Release as result of minor feature enhancements (covers TRs and CRs).
    • f = Fix Release (FR) as result of a collection of solutions to TRs and HFs (covers only TRs, no CRs).
    • h = Hotfix (HF) as result of immediate solution to just one TR or only few TRs and to all TRs for Focal and/or Hot accounts (a Hotfix comprises all previous HFs, as example those cumulated since the latest FR).

Remarks:

• FR = Fix Release
  
• HF = Hot Fix
  
• TR = Trouble Report
  
• CR = Change Request
  
• Major, Minor and Fix (FR) releases are relevant for manufacturing purposes
  
• Hotfix release (HF) is relevant for Service Level 2 support only
  

Version (Major) and Release (Minor, Fix and Hotfix) fields give both absolute and relative informations about a specific software's feature / bugfix levels so it's necessary to compare them both to former and latter versions released to understand exactly what's new, what was enhanced or what's different.

Below some examples.

Examples

new Major Release

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), a new Major Release (and consequently Minor too):

is available and refers to both a new product Version V6.0 (as Major Release) and a new related Minor release, so:

• 6 (as Major Release) means it introduces new major feature enhancements.
• Rx.x.x (as its first Minor Release) means it introduces new minor feature enhancements too.
• Fix (FR) and Hotfix (HF) releases could be immediately present or then follw (depending when the M3 status is declared during the development).

new Minor Release

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), a new Minor Release:

is available, it:

• refers to product Version V6 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V6 is equal to V6.0).
• refers to product Release R8.0.0:
  • 8 (as Minor Release) means it introduces new minor feature enhancements.
  • 0 (as Fix Release) means it doesn't introduce any new collection of solutions to TRs and HFs.
  • 0 (as Hotfix) means it doesn't introduce any new immediate solution to just one TR or only few TRs.

new Fix Release

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), a new Fix Release (FR):

is available, it:

• refers to product Version V6 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V6 is equal to V6.0).
• refers to product Release R0.62.0:
  • 0 (as Minor Release) means it doesn't introduce any new minor feature enhancements.
  • 62 (as Fix Release) means it introduces a new collection of solutions to TRs and HFs.
  • 0 (as Hotfix) means it doesn't introduce any new immediate solution to just one TR or only few TRs.

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), a new Fix Release (FR):

is available, it:

• refers to product Version V1 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V1 is equal to V1.0).
• refers to product Release R0.31.0:
  • 0 (as Minor Release) means it doesn't introduce any new minor feature enhancements.
  • 31 (as Fix Release) means it introduces a new collection of solutions to TRs and HFs.
  • 0 (as Hotfix) means it doesn't introduce any new immediate solution to just one TR or only few TRs.
    

new Hotfix Release

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), a new Hotfix Release (HF):

is available, it:

• refers to product Version V6 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V6 is equal to V6.0).
• refers to product Release R8.0.1:
  • 8 (as Minor Release) means it doesn't introduce any new minor feature enhancements.
  • 0 (as Fix Release) means it doesn't introduce any new collection of solutions to TRs and HFs.
  • 1 (as Hotfix) means it introduces a new immediate solution to just one TR or only few TRs.

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), a new Hotfix Release (HF):

is available, it:

• refers to product Version V6 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V6 is equal to V6.0).
• refers to product Release R0.62.1
  • 0 (as Minor Release) means it doesn't introduce any new minor feature enhancements.
  • 62 (as Fix Release) means it introduces a collection of solutions to TRs and HFs
  • 1 (as Hotfix) means it introduces a new immediate solution to just one TR or only few TRs

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