Build Schedules
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The Visual Workspace products follow a regular build schedule and conform to a build policy as outined below.
Visual Workspace Scheduled Maintenance Builds
| EE Build | Public | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0.1 | 7/15/08 (EE Only) | Enterprise Licensing |
| 6.0.2 | 9/4/08 | Web Layer, Weblogic, Mac OS X |
| 6.0.3 | TBD | TBD |
Visual Workspace 6.0 Scheduled Builds
This table represents the builds that have occurred (for past dates) and planned builds (for future dates).
The next public build is highlighted.
Community Edition
| CE Build | Staging | Public |
|---|---|---|
| M1 (Beta 1) | 3/15/08 | 3/17/08 |
| M2 (Beta 2) | 4/7/08 | 4/14/08 |
| M3 (Beta 3) | 4/28/08 | 5/5/08 |
Enterprise Edition
| EE Build | Staging | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Beta 1 | 4/7/08 | 4/14/08 |
| Beta 3 | 4/28/08 | 5/5/08 |
| RC 1 | 5/21/08 | 5/29/08 |
| RC 2 | 5/30/08 | 6/13/08 |
| RC3/GA | . | 6/20/08 |
In general, milestone builds are made public one week following the build.
Build Policy
There are four types of builds.
- N - Nightly Builds
- I - Interim Builds
- M - Milestone Builds
- RC - Release Candidates
Each type of build has a rebuild policy, release criteria, and an issue management policy.
| Build Type | Frequency | Availability | Release Criteria | Rebuild Policy | Issue Management Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nightly | Nightly (2 AM) | Internal | N/A | No Rebuilds | Any |
| Interim | Weekly (Monday) | External+ | QA Interim Build Tests Succeed | Rebuild within 1 day for: compile error, drop failure, unusable build | Any |
| Milestone | Every 4-6 Weeks (3-4 per release) | External | QA Automated and Manual Milestone Tests Succeed | Until Successful | Any |
| Release Candidate | As Needed at Regular Intervals | External | QA Automated and Manual Release Candidate Tests Succeed. All RC Bugs Verified | Until Successful | Only bugs introduced in the build are fixed. Known or newly discovered critical issues need PM approval to be fixed. |
| Release | Approx twice a year | External | QA Automated and Manual Release Candidate Tests Succeed. All RC Bugs Verified. QA Sign Off | Until Successful | All Issues targeted for next release |
+ We plan to make the Intermediate builds publicly available but they currently are not.
