AppSuite:Versioning and Numbering

From Open-Xchange

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
OX Release Level (old) New Generation Service Pack Maintenance Release Program Temporary Fix (PTF) Public Program Temporary Fix (Public PTF), Security Fix
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 of the Major Release Next Major Release Next Major Release Next Major 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
OX:ASE Open-Xchange Advanced Server Edition Designed for small to medium size organizations, educational institutions and public administrations seeking for a customizable and in-house communication solution. Available for single-server (former OX Appliance Edition) and multi-server-setups. Focus: SIs and VARs


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

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GA Release Name Public Patch Releases Shipped Packages
2012-01-31 Open-Xchange HE / SE / ASE / SE for UCS 6.20.1 Version: v6.20.1 Rev 5 (built 2012-01-26/27)
OXtender 2 for MS Outlook v.7.0.43
OX Client Updater v.6.18.10
2012-02-10 Check.gif OXtender 2 for Microsoft Outlook (v7.0.46 built 2012-02-10)
2012-02-13 Open-Xchange Microsoft Outlook Uploader v6.20.1 Open-Xchange Microsoft Outlook Uploader (Version: v6.20.1)
2012-02-20 Check.gif Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.1 Rev 7 built between 2012-02-16 and 2012-02-20)
OXUpdater (Version: 6.18.12)
2012-02-23 Check.gif Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.1 Rev 8 built 2012-02-23)
2012-03-08 Check.gif OX Mobile Web App (Version: v1.0.0 Rev 12 built 2012-02-23
2012-03-14 Open-Xchange HE / SE / ASE / SE for UCS 6.20.2 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.2 Rev 2 built 2012-03-08/09)
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook 2 (Version: 7.0.47)
2012-03-21 Check.gif OXtender 2 for Microsoft Outlook 7.0.48
2012-03-22 Check.gif Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.2 Rev 5 built 2012-03-22)
2012-03-28 Check.gif Open-Xchange Server 6 v6.20.2-rev7
2012-04-03 Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface (former Mobile Web App) Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface v.1.1 (Version 1.1.0-rev6)
2012-04-23 Open-Xchange HE / SE / ASE / SE for UCS 6.20.3 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.3 Rev 2 built 2012-04-19/23)
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook (Version: 6.18.18)
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook 2 (Version: 7.0.49)
2012-05-15 Open-Xchange HE / SE / ASE / SE for UCS 6.20.4 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.4 Rev 1 built 2012-05-10 and 2012-05-15)
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook 2 (Version: 7.0.52)
2012-05-30 Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface Check.gif Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface (Version 1.1.0-rev9)
2012-05-31 Check.gif Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.4 Rev 2 built 2012-05-31)
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook 2 (Version: 7.0.53)
2012-06-13 Open-Xchange ASE & SEforUCS with UCS 3.0 oxase6204-20120613-dvd-amd64.iso
oxase6204-20120613-dvd-i386.iso
2012-06-19 Open-Xchange HE / SE / ASE / SE for UCS 6.20.5 Open-Xchange Server 6 (v6.20.5 Rev 1 built 2012-06-18)
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook 2 (v7.0.54)
2012-06-25 Check.gif oxase6205-20120625-dvd-amd64.iso
oxase6205-20120625-dvd-i386.iso
2012-07-18 Open-Xchange HE / SE / ASE / SE for UCS 6.20.6 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.6 Rev 3 built 2012-07-16/17)
2012-07-20 Check.gif Shipped Package: open-xchange-smtp
2012-08-30 Open-Xchange HE / SE / ASE / SE for UCS 6.20.7 Open-Xchange Server 6 (v6.20.7 Rev 2 built 2012-07-27/28)
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook 2 (v7.0.56)
2012-10-10 Open-Xchange HE / SE 6.22 Open-Xchange Server 6 (v6.22.0 Rev 5 built 2012-10-10)
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook 2 (v7.0.57)
2012-10-16 Check.gif 6.20.7 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.7 Rev 4 built 2012-10-15)
2012-10-26 Check.gif 6.20.7 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.7 Rev 5 built 2012-10-26)
2012-10-31 Check.gif 6.20.7 OXtender 2 for Microsoft Outlook (Version: 7.0.58) (Support of Windows 8)
2012-10-31 OX Notifier v1.0 OXNotifier_v1.0.0
2012-10-31 Check.gif 6.22 Open-Xchange Server 6 (frontend 6 only)(Version: v6.22.0 Rev 6, built 2012-10-31)
OXtender 2 for Microsoft Outlook (Version: 7.0.58) (Support of Windows 8)
OX Notifier (Version: 1.0.0)
2012-11-05 Check.gif 6.20.7 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.7 Rev 6 built 2012-11-05)
2012-11-12 Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface Check.gif Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface (Version: 1.2.0 Rev 4 built 2012-11-08)
2012-11-14 Open-Xchange HE / SE 6.22.1 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.22.1 Rev 6 built 2012-11-14)
2012-11-27 Open-Xchange HE / SE 6.22.1 Check.gif 6.22.1 Open-Xchange Server 6 v6.22.1-rev7
2012-11-27 Open-Xchange ASE Check.gif 6.20.7 univention-management-console-module-oxldb
2012-12-05 Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface v1.2 Check.gif v1.2.0-Rev5 Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface v1.2.0-Rev5
2012-12-13 Open-Xchange HE / SE 6.22.1 Check.gif 6.22.1 Open-Xchange Server 6 v6.22.1 Rev 8 built 2012-12-12)
2012-12-19 Open-Xchange HE / SE / ASE / SEforUCS 6.20.7 Check.gif 6.20.7 Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.7 Rev 9 built 2012-12-14)

Maintenance expires

Product-, Release- and Component Name Maintance expires
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook: Discontinued Support of Microsoft Outlook 2003 Mid of January 2013
OXtender for Microsoft Outlook: Discontinued Support of Windows XP Mid of January 2013

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