New Software Versioning scheme

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)

Please note:

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

Please also note that Version (Major) and Release (Minor, Fix and Hotfix) give both absolute and relative informations about a specific software's feature / bugfix levels but it's also necessary to compare them to previous ones to understand exactly what's new, what was enhanced or what's different.
More in examples below.

Examples

new Minor Release

A new Minor Release was released:

• Product Name  : HiPath 3000 V6.0
• Software Version : V6 R8.0.0

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), the one considered:

• Refers to Version V6 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V6 is equal to V6.0).
• Refers to Release R8.0.1:
  • 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

A new Fix Release (FR) was released:

• Product Name  : optiPoint 410/420 SIP V6.0
• Software Version : V6 R0.62.0

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), the one considered:

• Refers to Version V6 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V6 is equal to V6.0).
• Refers to 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 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.

A new Fix Release (FR) was released:

• Product Name  : optiPoint 150 SIP V1.0
• Software Version : V1 R0.31.0

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), the one considered:

• Refers to Version V1 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V1 is equal to V1.0).
• Refers to 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 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

A new Hotfix Release (HF) was released:

• Product Name  : HiPath 3000 V6.0
• Software Version : V6 R8.0.1

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), the one considered:

• Refers to Version V6 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V6 is equal to V6.0).
• Refers to Release R8.0.1:
  • 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.
  • 1 (as Hotfix) means it introduces a new immediate solution to just one TR or only few TRs.

A new Hotfix Release (HF) was released:

• Product Name  : optiPoint 410/420 SIP V6.0
• Software Version : V6 R0.62.1

Compared to a software version previously released (if any), the one considered:

• Refers to Version V6 (as Major Release), the additional .0 could be omitted in this case (so V6 is equal to V6.0).
• Refers to 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 immediate solution to just one TR or only few TRs

Warning

This new software version naming scheme does not imply any naming requirements / rules for: Application files Loadware files Firmware files related to each Software Applications considered. This means that, referring to the example above, the software (Application, Firmware or Loadware) file / files could be named as: opt410adv_SIP_6_0_62.exe containing: opt410adv_SIP_6_0_62.fli opt410adv_SIP_6_0_62.app or whatever convenient for its correct usage. Even if often Application / Loadware / Firmware file names reflect product software revision levels, it's not required, nor mandatory, that they were named to reflect exactly the software version they're representing.