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<article>
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<articleinfo>
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<title>Shorewall Release Model</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Tom</firstname>
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<surname>Eastep</surname>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<pubdate><?dbtimestamp format="Y/m/d"?></pubdate>
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<copyright>
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<year>2011</year>
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<holder>Thomas M. Eastep</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>
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<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
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1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
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no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
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<quote><ulink url="GnuCopyright.htm">GNU Free Documentation
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License</ulink></quote>.</para>
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</legalnotice>
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</articleinfo>
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<section>
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<title>Identification</title>
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<para>Shorewall releases are identified by three numbers separated by
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periods (e.g., 4.4.16). The first two digits (e.g., 4.4) specify the
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<firstterm>major release number</firstterm>. The third number (e.g., 16)
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is the <firstterm>minor release number</firstterm>.</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Release Schedule</title>
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<para>Traditionally, major releases have occurred roughly every two years,
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but as Shorewall has matured, new enhancements are routinely released in
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minor releases. Minor releases occur every 4 to 6 weeks.</para>
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<para>If a defect is discovered in a minor release for which there is no
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easy workaround or which can affect a large number of users, a
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<firstterm>bug-fix</firstterm> or <firstterm>point</firstterm> release is
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made.</para>
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<para>New minor and point releases are announced on the <ulink
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url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-announce">Shorewall
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Announcements mailing list</ulink> and on the <ulink
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url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users">Shorewall
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Users mailing list</ulink>. Current release information is also available
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on the <ulink url="http://shorewall.net">Shorewall Home
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Page</ulink>.</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Beta Releases and Release Candidates</title>
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<para>Beta releases have their three-number identifaction follow by
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"-Beta<emphasis>N</emphasis>" (e.g., 4.4.17-Beta3). Beta releases are made
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approximately weekly and are announced on the <ulink
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url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-devel">Shorewall
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Development mailing list</ulink> and on the <ulink
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url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users">Shorewall
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Users mailing list</ulink>.</para>
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<para>At the point where the new features in a release are frozen, the
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Beta releases give way to <firstterm>release candidates</firstterm>. These
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have the three-number identification followed by
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"-RC<emphasis>N</emphasis>" (e.g., 4.4.17-RC1). They are announced in the
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same way as the betas.</para>
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</section>
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</article>
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