AppSuite:Versioning and Numbering

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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

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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 Check.gif Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface v.1.2.1-rev5
2014-01-20 OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.1 Check.gif Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.1-rev16
Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.4.1-rev16
2014-01-29 Security Patch OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.2.2, v7.4.0, v7.4.1 Check.gif Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.2.2-rev31
Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.2.2-rev31
Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.0-rev27
Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.4.0-rev27
Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.1-rev17
Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.4.1-rev17
2014-01-29 OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.1 Check.gif Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.1-rev18
Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.4.1-rev18
Open-Xchange USM 7.4.1-rev11
2014-02-11 OX App Suite v7.4.2 / OX 6 Backend v6.22.6 Check.gif Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.2-rev6
Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.4.2-rev6
Open-Xchange AppSuite frontend 7.4.2-rev6
Open-Xchange OX6 frontend 6.22.6-rev6
Open-Xchange USM 7.4.2-rev6
Open-Xchange OXtender 2 for Microsoft Outlook 7.2.5
Open-Xchange OXtender for Business Mobility 7.4.2-rev6
Open-Xchange Notifier 1.0.6
Open-Xchange Client Updater 6.18.25
Open-Xchange Text frontend 7.4.2-rev6
Open-Xchange Text backend 7.4.2-rev6
Open-Xchange Documentconverter 7.4.2-rev6
Open-Xchange Readerengine 7.4.2-rev6
2014-02-11 OX Drive for Clients Check.gif OX Drive for Clients v1.0.0
2014-02-14 Open-Xchange Server 6 Frontend v6.22.6 Check.gif Open-Xchange Frontend6 6.22.6-rev7
2014-02-14 OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange USM 7.4.2-rev7
2014-02-14 OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.1 Check.gif Open-Xchange USM 7.4.1-rev12
2014-02-21 OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange USM 7.4.2-rev8
2014-02-24 OX 6 Frontend v6.22.6 Check.gif Open-Xchange Frontend v6.22.6-rev8
2014-02-26 Open-Xchange 6 and OX App Suite Security Patch v7.4.1 and v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange AppSuite frontend 7.4.1-rev10
Open-Xchange AppSuite frontend 7.4.2-rev8
Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.2-rev9
Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.4.2-rev9
2014-02-26 OX App Suite v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.4.2-rev9
2014-02-28 OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite backend 7.4.2-rev10
2014-03-05 APS package for Parallels Operation Automation System Check.gif APS Package 7.2-6
2014-03-05 OX App Suite v7.4.2 and OX 6 Frontend v6.22.6 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite backend v7.4.2-rev11
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.4.2-rev10
Open-Xchange Server 6 v6.22.6-rev9
2014-03-05 OX 6 Frontend v6.22.6 Check.gif Open-Xchange Frontend v6.22.6-rev10
2014-03-10 Connector for MS Outlook Check.gif Open-Xchange Connector for Microsoft Outlook v7.2.6
Open-Xchange OXUpdater v7.4.2-rev7
2014-03-12 OX App Suite, OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 and Connector for Microsoft Outlook Check.gif Open-Xchange USM v7.4.2-rev8
Open-Xchange OXUpdater v7.4.2-rev9
Open-Xchange Connector for Microsoft Outlook v7.2.7
2014-03-14 OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite backend 7.4.2-rev14
2014-03-25 Open-Xchange 6 / OX App Suite for v7.2.2, v7.4.1 and v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange AppSuite frontend 7.2.2-rev20
Open-Xchange AppSuite frontend 7.4.1-rev11
Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.2-rev15
Open-Xchange AppSuite frontend 7.4.2-rev13
Open-Xchange Driverestricted 7.4.2-rev1
Open-Xchange Frontend6 6.22.6-rev12
2014-03-26 OX App Suite / OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 and Connector for Business Mobility Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend 7.4.2-rev16
Open-Xchange USM 7.4.2-rev9
2014-04-01 OX Spreadsheet Check.gif documentconverter 7.4.2-rev8
documentconverter-api 7.4.2-rev8
office 7.4.2-rev9
office-web 7.4.2-rev9
calcengine 1.0.285
2014-04-01 OX Text Check.gif documentconverter 7.4.2-rev8
documentconverter-api 7.4.2-rev8
office 7.4.2-rev9
office-web 7.4.2-rev9
2014-04-01 APS package for Parallels Operation Automation System Check.gif APS Package 7.2-9
2014-04-08 OX App Suite v7.4.2 and OX 6 v6.22.6 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend v7.4.2-rev18
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.4.2-rev15
Open-Xchange 6 frontend v6.22.6-rev13
2014-04-09 OX Drive for Windows Check.gif Open-Xchange OXUpdater v7.4.2-rev10
Open-Xchange OXDrive for Windows v1.2.2
2014-04-16 Connector for Microsoft Outlook Check.gif Open-Xchange Connector for Microsoft Outlook v7.2.8
Open-Xchange OXUpdater v7.4.2-rev11
2014-04-24 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend v7.4.2-rev20
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.4.2-rev17
2014-04-29 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange AppSuite backend 7.4.2-rev21
2014-05-08 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend v7.4.2-rev22
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.4.2-rev18
Open-Xchange Documentconverter v7.4.2-rev9
Open-Xchange Documentconverter-API v7.4.2-rev9
2014-05-26 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend backend 7.4.2-rev24
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.4.2-rev19
Open-Xchange Driverestricted 7.4.2-rev2
Open-Xchange USM-rev10
2014-06-16 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend backend 7.4.2-rev25
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.4.2-rev20
2014-06-25 OX App Suite v7.6.0 / OX 6 Backend v6.22.7 / OX Documents Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite backend 7.6.0-rev7
Open-Xchange OX6 backend 7.6.0-rev7
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.6.0-rev7
Open-Xchange OX6 frontend 6.22.7-rev7
Open-Xchange USM 7.6.0-rev7
Open-Xchange Connector for Microsoft Outlook 7.2.8
Open-Xchange Connector for Business Mobility 7.6.0-rev7
Open-Xchange Notier 1.0.6
Open-Xchange ClientUpdater 6.18.26
Open-Xchange Textfrontend 7.6.0-rev7
Open-Xchange Textbackend 7.6.0-rev7
Open-Xchange Documentconverter 7.6.0-rev7
Open-Xchange Readerengine 7.6.0-rev7
2014-07-03 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite backend 7.6.0-rev8
2014-07-07 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange USM 7.6.0-rev8
2014-07-14 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite backend 7.4.2-rev29
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.4.2-rev22
Open-Xchange EAS 7.4.2-rev7
Open-Xchange Office 7.4.2-rev10
2014-07-21 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend backend v7.6.0-rev11
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.6.0-rev8
Open-Xchange Documentconverter v7.6.0-rev8
Open-Xchange Office v7.6.0-rev8
2014-07-28 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend backend 7.4.2-rev30
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.4.2-rev23
2014-07-28 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend v7.6.0-rev12
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.6.0-rev9
Open-Xchange Documentconverter v7.6.0-rev9
Open-Xchange Documentconverter-api v7.6.0-rev8
2014-08-11 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend backend 7.4.2-rev31
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.4.2-rev24
Open-Xchange USM 7.4.2-rev11
Open-Xchange EAS 7.4.2-rev8
2014-08-11 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend 7.6.0-rev13
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.6.0-rev10
Open-Xchange USM 7.6.0-rev9
2014-08-26 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend 7.6.0-rev16
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.6.0-rev11
Open-Xchange USM 7.6.0-rev10
Open-Xchange EAS 7.6.0-rev8
Open-Xchange Office v7.6.0-rev9
Open-Xchange Documentconverter v7.6.0-rev10
Open-Xchange Documentconverter-api v7.6.0-rev9
2014-08-26 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend backend 7.4.2-rev33
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend 7.4.2-rev25
Open-Xchange USM 7.4.2-rev12
Open-Xchange EAS 7.4.2-rev9
Open-Xchange Office v7.4.2-rev11
Open-Xchange Documentconverter v7.4.2-rev10
Open-Xchange Documentconverter-api v7.4.2-rev10
2014-08-27 Connector for Microsoft Outlook Check.gif Open-Xchange OXUpdater v7.4.2-rev13
Open-Xchange OXUpdater v7.6.0-rev8
Open-Xchange Connector for Microsoft Outlook v7.2.10
2014-09-03 OX Guard v1.0.0 Check.gif OX Guard v1.0.0-rev3
2014-09-15 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend v7.4.2-rev34
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.4.2-rev26
2014-08-26 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend v7.6.0-rev17
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.6.0-rev12
2014-10-06 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend v7.6.0-rev21
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.6.0-rev14
Open-Xchange USM 7.6.0-rev11
2014-10-06 OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend v7.4.2-rev35
Open-Xchange App Suite frontend v7.4.2-rev27
Open-Xchange USM v7.4.2-rev13
2014-10-08 Connector for Microsoft Outlook v7.2.11 Check.gif Open-Xchange Connector for Microsoft Outlook v7.2.11
Open-Xchange Outlook Updater v7.4.2-rev14
Open-Xchange Outlook Updater v7.6.0-rev9
Open-Xchange Outlook Updater Oxtender2 v7.4.2-rev14
Open-Xchange Outlook Updater Oxtender2 v7.6.0-rev9
2014-10-08 Security Patch OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.4.2 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend backend 7.4.2-rev36
2014-10-08 Security Patch OX App Suite and OX 6 Backend v7.6.0 Check.gif Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 backend 7.6.0-rev23

Maintenance expires

Product-, Release- and Component Name Maintance expires
Support for AJP based communication between the HTTP server and the OX backend server. Open-Xchange already provides a new HTTP connector which is based on the Grizzly project. Download and configuration instructions are available at http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Grizzly Since OX App Suite v7.6.0: 2014-06-25
Open-Xchange will discontinue OX App Suite web frontend support for Internet Explorer 9 with the major release of OX App Suite v7.6.0, planned for Q2 2014. Since OX App Suite v7.6.0: 2014-06-25
Open-Xchange will discontinue Open-Xchange Server 6 and OX App Suite calendar and contact synchronization (CalDAV/CardDAV) support for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) with the major release of OX App Suite v7.6.0, planned for Q2 2014. Since OX App Suite v7.6.0: 2014-06-25
Open-Xchange will discontinue Connector for Business Mobility support for Windows Mobile 6, 6.5, Symbian (Mail for Exchange 3.x), Apple iPhone iOS 5 and Blackberry with the major release of OX App Suite v7.6.0, planned for Q2 2014. Further information about the supported platforms are available at http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:OX_System_Requirements#Mobility_Solution_-_Supported-_Platforms.2C_Features_and_Devices Since OX App Suite v7.6.0: 2014-06-25
Open-Xchange will discontinue support for Debian Squeeze (Debian 6) with the next major release of OX App Suite v7.8.0, planned for Q1 2015. We encourage administrator to update to the latest operating system version of Debian. v7.8.0, planned for Q2 2015

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