EOL policy for delivery of CAST Imaging product versions

Delivery Type	Purpose	Release Frequency	Bug Fixes	Audience	New Features	Numbering	Support
ALPHA	Add new feature.	15 days	No	Early stage / Test / Urgent need for this feature	Yes	Alpha_buildnumber_date	No
BETA	Stop adding major features, stabilization, bug fixes.	20 days	Yes	Early stage / Test / Need for feature and / or quick bug fixes.	Yes	beta_buildnumber_date	Yes
FUNCTIONAL RELEASE (FuncRel)	Public version with new features.	CAST Analyzers : 90 days CAST Imaging Console: 3 Months CAST Imaging Viewer: 3 Months	Yes	Can be used by customers in production.	Yes	First or second digit identifies the functional level. Third digit is used when the version contains mostly bug fixes. Version name also containes the FuncRel suffix (2.0.0-funcrel, …).	Yes
LONG TERM SUPPORT (LTS)	Stability and reliability and continuity in analysed results	Minimum of 24 months	Yes, Service Packs	Public version that it has been field tested and can be used by customer in production.	No	The LTS release is identified by the three digits and the absence of suffix (1.1.4 is as LTS, 1.1.4-funcrel is not). The third digit changes with every new service pack. (1.1.0, 1.1.1, ….).	Yes, supported up to 12 month after the release of a new version.
MAJOR VERSION	New version containing significant improvements in existing functionality or the addition of new functions.	N/A	Yes, new beta	Can be used by customers in production	Yes	Fist digit ex 8.x	Yes, supported up to 12 month after the release of the new minor version.
MINOR VERSION	New version including limited improvements to existing functionality. The changes or improvements will not affect functionality and / or the interoperability of the Software installed	N/A	Yes	Can be used by customers in production	Yes	first 2 digit ex 8.3	Yes, supported up to 12 month after the GA release of the new minor version.
SERVICE PACK	Collection of corrections related to a minor version.	2 months	Yes	Can be used by customers in production	No	First 3 digit ex 8.3.11	Yes, as long as the major version is supported.
PATCH	Limited to one or several corrections.	depending on the needs.	Yes	Customer who reported the issue.	No	HotFix_	Yes