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What are "half" releases (x.5.x) compared to "regular" releases (x.0.x)?

Joshua Drost

I'm just trying to get clarification on what constitutes a "full" number increase (v18 to v19, for example), versus a "half" increase (v19.0 to v19.5, for example). Trying to decide if we should be going forward with v19.0.x vs. v19.5.x. Is it just minor additional features? It seems like the "full" releases get patches faster (v19.0.1 came out in July, whereas v19.5.1 came out in September.) But if these versions don't actually reflect parity, then it's a moot point.



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    There's no difference between the .0 & .5 releases. Both are feature releases, and they are supported in the same way (i.e. Maintenance Releases for them have the same priority).

    Note: v19.5 is currently in EAP, and not GA released yet, so MR1 for it (19.5.1) doesn't exist yet. 

  • 0 in reply to bobbylam

    +1. Though I'd add that I get the vague impression that they may be doing a Tick Tock (as in Intel, not the online service) kind of release: the X.0 release is more user-visible and the X.5 release is more under-the-hood features. So 19.0 gets the Search feature and Quality-based SD-WAN, while 19.5 gets the ability to do failovers over SD-WAN (or something like that). As you say, both are feature releases, maybe just a different emphasis.

    Also, maybe expansions, so 19.0 gets XStream processing for IPSec, and 19.5 extends that to some high-end models and features. Etc.

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  • 0 in reply to bobbylam

    +1. Though I'd add that I get the vague impression that they may be doing a Tick Tock (as in Intel, not the online service) kind of release: the X.0 release is more user-visible and the X.5 release is more under-the-hood features. So 19.0 gets the Search feature and Quality-based SD-WAN, while 19.5 gets the ability to do failovers over SD-WAN (or something like that). As you say, both are feature releases, maybe just a different emphasis.

    Also, maybe expansions, so 19.0 gets XStream processing for IPSec, and 19.5 extends that to some high-end models and features. Etc.

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