What are extensions on Documentation - V2

Release types

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Info

Summary: This section provides information about release types (alpha/beta/funcrel/longterm) used with official CAST AIP Extensions.

Introduction

When an official CAST AIP Extension is made available for download, various definitions are used to describe the release type of an extension:

alpha
beta
funcrel (i.e.: Functional Release)
longterm (or LTS: Long Term Support)

For example:

Below is a description of these definitions:

Alpha and Beta releases

Official CAST AIP Extensions that have an Alpha or Beta release type can be described as follows:

Contributor types

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Info

Summary: This section provides information about the various different contributor types, for those uploading extensions:

CAST Product
CAST Labs
User Community

Introduction

When uploading an extension, there are three contributor (or author) types available:

CAST Product
CAST Labs
User Community

The contributor type needs to be defined in various locations:

In the Extension description file:
- in the element
- in the element
In the name of the root extension folder (i.e. com.castsoftware.uc.nameoftheextension)

In addition, your CAST Extend login will also have a contributor type applied to it:

Modification of extension IDs during deployment of CAST Extend

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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Summary: This section provides information about what you need to do in the event that the ID of an extension you are actively using has been modified.

Introduction

As part of the process of deploying the CAST Extend website, it has been necessary to modify the ID of some existing User Community/Labs extensions that have been available for some time via the CAST Extension Downloader.

This has been done to ensure that the existing extensions now conform to the various naming constraints as described in Extension description file. Modifying the extension ID essentially creates a “new” extension, even though the content will not change.