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RELEASE NAMING CONVENTION
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RELEASE NAMING CONVENTION:
Normally, the X-Pedition product family supports two active release lines. The older line is always in maintenance
only mode and receives only maintenance improvements—the newer line receives maintenance improvements
and introduces new features. For a brief time, however, the X-Pedition will support a special third line—E9.0.8.
This line introduces the Security Attack Monitor (SAM) feature on the E9.0 code base. E9.0.8 is a maintenance
only line with end of maintenance scheduled for December 2003.
The new E9.0.8 line does not alter the maintenance only characteristics of the E9.0.7.X releases as no new
features including SAM will be introduced in this line. SAM will be incorporated into the normal development line
in release E9.1.8.0.
E9.0 is the maintenance only line to which only bug fixes are provided. E9.1 is the development line that receives
new features and bug fixes. The figure below illustrates the relationships between these lines. Support for E9.0 as
the maintenance only line and E9.1 as the development line will be extended briefly beyond that shown below to
permit the release of E9.1.8.0.
EOD or “end of development” signifies the point at which no new features will be added to the release line. EOM
or “end of maintenance” signifies the point where bug fixes are no longer applied to the line.
The naming convention is as follows.
E<R1>.<R2>.<D>.<M>
Where:
R1 – Release line digit 1
R2 – Release line digit 2
D – A release during the development period
M – A release during the maintenance-only period
Maintenance Only
Development
Development
Maintenance Only
Maintenance Only
E9.0
Except
E9.0.8
E9.1
E9.2
September
2003
December
2002
June
2004 March
2005
E9.0.8
Maintenance Only
August
2003
December
2003