AppSuite:Versioning and Numbering

Versioning and Numbering of Open-Xchange Products

Abbreviations

The Open-Xchange versioning 2009 (After SP5 Update 1) will be structured in the following way:

<generation>.<major release>.<minor release> Rev<build number>

Abbreviation	Meaning	Comparison
<generation>	The first number is the product generation number. A new generation may contain new architecture, different technology and many more.	OX App Suite 7
<major release>	The second version number (major release) indicates significant program changes in terms of added functionality. Major changes to design and enhancements of APIs are possible. All APIs shall be backward compatible, which means, that mainly new functions can be added. If Open-Xchange releases a new major release this will be an even number, unstable interim releases have odd numbers.	OX App Suite v7.0
<minor release>	The third version number (minor releases) indicates an update with consolidated bug fixes and non-intrusive feature enhancements. APIs and database will not be changed if this can be avoided. All changes must be backward compatible.	OX App Suite v7.0.1
<build number>	The Rev-number (Revision) shows the progress of the development in single steps	OX App Suite v7.0.1-Rev3
Public Patch Release / Patch Release	A Public Patch Release enables Open-Xchange to publish a feature together with a patch. This in turn enables Open-Xchange to react more flexibly to time requests for certain features, thus relieving minor releases and making it possible to shift them. Delivering a feature with a Public Patch Release requires: It can be implemented without far-reaching side effects. This is especially true for features that are implemented as plug-ins. To a limited extend, features affecting a limited sub set of core functionality can be included. Technical pragmatism is fine to reach the goal (e.g., copy & paste of functionality instead of abstraction into a service). This pragmatism has to be leveled out though as soon as the feature is ported into a more flexible branch. It can be deactivated and is deactivated by default. If a customer installs a Public Patch Release, the familiar feature set does not change. Only if explicitly activating the enhanced features, will they be available to the end user. If features require changes to the data base schema or configuration files, they have to be developed in such a way that they do not impair the running system. Side-effects of Public Patch Releases are evaluated by the respective developers. Together with the QA team, they make a test plan for checking for those side effects and other effects.

Release Levels of Open-Xchange

These are the new Open-Xchange Release Levels 2011:

OX Release Level (new)	New Generation	Major Release	Minor Release	Patch Release	Public Patch Release
Target Audience	All	Public/All	Maintenance customers & Partners	L3 Support Customers, Value Package Partners	Public/All
Purpose	Provide new technologies	Provide functional enhancements including Bug Fixes, accumulate earlier Patch Releases's/ major releases	Provide common bug fixes for all customers, accumulate previous Patch Release's	Provide fixes for severity level 1/2 tickets, for a specific Support Customer, small features, temporary until next Maintenance Release accumulative	Provide fixes for severity level 1/2 tickets, for all Support Customer, small features, temporary until next Maintenance Release accumulative
Frequency	Open-Xchange Roadmap	Every 6 to 12 weeks	Decided by Open-Xchange	According to SLA	As soon as required
Support Committment	5 years after First Customer Shippment (FCS)	6 months after FCS (Latest Minor Release at the Major-Release cycle will be official supported)	Last Minor Release of a supported Major Release	Next (Public) Patch Release	Next Public Patch Release
Requested by	Product Management	Product Management, Professional Services	Support, QA, Product Management, Professional Services	Entitled Customer (Support, Professional Services)	Entitled Customer (Support, Professional Services), Product Management
Compatibility requirements/backward compatibility		Database updates, Changes of configuration files	Backward compatibility to last major release. In urgent cases there could be database updates or configuration file changes	Backward compatibility to last major release	Backward compatibility to last major release
Test Efforts OX (QA)	Smoke Tests, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests, Feature Tests, Dependencies Tests, Heuristic Tests, Performance Tests	Smoke Tests, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests, Feature Tests, Dependencies Tests, Heuristic Tests, Performance Tests	Smoke Test, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests, Dependencies Tests, Heuristic Tests, Performance Tests	Smoke Tests, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests - Support: Fix Approval	Smoke Tests, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests - Fix Approval
Test Efforts Customer/Partner	Smoke Tests, Bug Fix Tests, New Feature Tests, Integration Tests	Smoke Tests, Bug Fix Tests, New Feature Tests, Integration Tests	Smoke Tests, Bug Fix Tests, Integration Tests	Smoke Tests, Bug Fix Approval	Smoke Tests

Open-Xchange Server 6

Editions

Abbreviation	Description	Target usage
OX:HE	Open-Xchange Hosting Edition	Designed for organizations that want to provide a scalable, multi-tenant e-mail and collaboration solution to their customers. Focus: Software-as-a-Service offerings
OX:SE	Open-Xchange Server Edition	Designed for medium and large size organizations, educational institutions and public administrations seeking a customizable communication solution. Focus: System Integrators
OX:SEforUCS	Open-Xchange Server Edition for Univention Corporate Server	Integration to in-house customer environments

Open-Xchange App Suite

Editions

Abbreviation	Description	Target usage
OX App Suite	Open-Xchange App Suite Community Version	Need to revitalize business growth and increase your competitive advantage? OX App Suite integrates smoothly into existing infrastructures and massively scales across multi-tenant architectures securely and reliably. Offer your users a seamless messaging experience to deliver branded, app-economy services and take back the user experience. German engineered and designed for a mobile world, OX App Suite uses open API's to deliver device independent access to email and messaging, social collaboration and digital media via a rich web-based interface. Through a modular App-based portal, HTML5 interoperability gives providers a new basis to up-sell and cross-sell white-labeled services and mobile applications.

Releases

2014

Please Note: Minor and Major Product Releases in bold

GA	Product	Major Release	Minor Release	Public Patch Releases	Shipped Packages
2014-01-17	OX Mobile Web Interface v1.2.1				Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface v.1.2.1-rev5
2014-01-20	OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.1				Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.1-rev16 Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.4.1-rev16

What version do I have installed

Check this article to find out.