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UPGRADE Policy
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The UPGRADE request is used to upgrade your copy of MailList in one of the
following instances:
o When it has been shown that the current release of the application is too
unstable or contains a nasty bug and needs to be fixed as soon as
possible.
o When one of the files in the release needs to be updated but is not worth
a completely new release.
The UPGRADE request will be processed by your Robot. It will make a backup
copy from the file to be upgraded first. This will allow you to change back
to the old situation if you desire to do so.
Once a file has been replaced by an upgraded version. At least 7 days will
pass before I will issue another UPGRADE request on the same file. Provided
ofcourse that it is necessary to upgrade the same file so quickly. This will
allow you to find out whether the new version is stable or has any new bugs
and report them to me.
Version-numbering
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o The version-number is increased by 0.01 for every new release of the
software.
o The version-number is increased by 1.00 when the previous release of the
software is not compatible with the new release. In such a case the
decimals of the version number are reset to .00
o In case an UPGRADE of the !RunImage is issued, the version-number of the
application will be hardcoded into the !RunImage and a letter will be
added to distinguish it from the original release. Eg. v0.10 was upgraded
to fix some problems with NewsBase 0.53. The new versionumber became
0.10a.
*** Comments/suggestions are welcome ***