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Subject: Use EPICS 7.0.* in production?
From: "J. Lewis Muir via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
To: EPICS Tech-Talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 21:37:59 -0500
Hello, Tech-Talkers!

Is EPICS 7.0.8 a developer release that should not be used in
production?

I ask because at

  https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://epics.anl.gov/base/index.php__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!ZTt7qznz4xlCwL0cLoMwgMnloSX9BTr-0EiUhx6uKrAeLVJE-vulKmvU6Lz7yyvTTtamLbmUGhW-AjdXhDOBZg$ 

it says in the "Versions and Numbering" section:

  The EPICS Version numbering system has evolved over the years so older
  version numbers may not mean quite the same thing as more recent ones,
  but any version with a zero component in the number such as 3.15.0.1
  was a developer release and should not be used for production systems.
  The first release in the 3.15 series that qualified for production use
  was version 3.15.1.

Since EPICS 7.0.8 has a zero component, does that mean it is a developer
release that should not be used in production?  Or is the wording of
the above not quite right, and what it really means is that there can
be a zero component in the series name (e.g., "7.0"), and only if
there's a zero component outside of the series name in the version
(e.g., "7.0.0.1") is it a developer release?

Thanks!

Lewis

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Re: Use EPICS 7.0.* in production? Johnson, Andrew N. via Tech-talk

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