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.
    • 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
  

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 or different.
More in the examples below.

Examples

new Minor Release

A new Minor Release was released:

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  : 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.