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Version Control

SPECTRUM’s numbering scheme for version control consists of up to four

numeric ﬁelds as well as an alphabetic descriptor as shown in the following

diagram.

Major Release

- Increments to the number in this ﬁeld represent major

changes in the product’s design, functionality, or user interface. Major releases

are planned well in advance and occur no more frequently than once per year.

Minor Release

- Minor releases are scheduled product upgrades that provide

new or enhanced features but do not represent functionality changes as

signiﬁcant as those involved in a major release. Minor releases may occur one

or more times per year.

Descriptor

- This ﬁeld identiﬁes the current version as either a revision to a

major/minor release (rev) or a revision to a test release (alpha or beta).

Revision

- This field is incremented for subsequent revisions to a release and

is reset to zero for each new major/minor release.

Build

- This ﬁeld is primarily used for internal tracking of individual builds

under a particular revision and is not usually visible to the customer. You will

encounter build numbers only in conjunction with alpha and beta test releases

or special, limited distribution “support” releases.

Major Release

Minor Release

Descriptor

Revision

Build

5.0 rev 1.00

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ... 69 70

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