AppSuite:Versioning and Numbering
From Open-Xchange
Versioning and Numbering of Open-Xchange Products
Abbreviations
The Open-Xchange versioning 2015 will be structured in the following way:
<generation>.<major release>.<minor release> Rev<build number>
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Comparison |
|---|---|---|
| <generation> | The first number is the product generation number. A new generation may contain new architecture, different technology and many more. | OX App Suite 7 |
| <major release> | The second version number (major release) indicates significant program changes in terms of added functionality. Major changes to design and enhancements of APIs are possible. All APIs shall be backward compatible, which means, that mainly new functions can be added. If Open-Xchange releases a new major release this will be an even number, unstable interim releases have odd numbers. | OX App Suite v7.6 |
| <minor release> | The third version number (minor releases) indicates an update with consolidated bug fixes and non-intrusive feature enhancements. APIs and database will not be changed if this can be avoided. All changes must be backward compatible. | OX App Suite v7.6.1 |
| <build number> | The Rev-number (Revision) shows the progress of the development in single steps | OX App Suite v7.6.1-Rev3 |
| Public Patch Release / Patch Release | A Public Patch Release enables Open-Xchange to publish a feature together with a patch. This in turn enables Open-Xchange to react more flexibly to time requests for certain features, thus relieving minor releases and making it possible to shift them. Delivering a feature with a Public Patch Release requires:
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Release Levels of Open-Xchange
| OX Release Level (new) | New Generation | Major Release | Minor Release | Public Patch Release | Patch Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target Audience | All | Public/All | Maintenance customers & Partners | Public/All | L3 Support Customers, Value Package Partners |
| Purpose | Provide new technologies | Provide functional enhancements including Bug Fixes, accumulate earlier Patch Releases's / major releases. Major changes to design and enhancements of APIs are possible. All APIs shall be backward compatible. | Provide common bug fixes for all customers, accumulate previous Patch Release's and non-intrusive feature enhancements. APIs and database will not be changed if this can be avoided. All changes must be backward compatible. | Provide fixes for severity level 1/2 tickets, for all Support Customer, small features (developed in such a way that they do not impair the running system), temporary until next Maintenance Release accumulative. | Provide fixes for severity level 1/2 tickets, for a specific Support Customer, small features, temporary until next Maintenance Release accumulative |
| Frequency | Open-Xchange Roadmap | Decided by Open-Xchange | Decided by Open-Xchange | As soon as required | According to SLA |
| Support Committment | 5 years after First Customer Shippment (FCS) | 6 months after FCS (Latest Minor Release at the Major-Release cycle will be official supported) | Last Minor Release of a supported Major Release | Next Public Patch Release | Next (Public) Patch Release |
| Requested by | Product Management | Product Management, Professional Services | Support, QA, Product Management, Professional Services | Entitled Customer (Support, Professional Services), Product Management | Entitled Customer (Support, Professional Services) |
| Compatibility requirements/backward compatibility | Database updates, Changes of configuration files | Backward compatibility to last major release. In urgent cases there could be database updates or configuration file changes | Backward compatibility to last major release | Backward compatibility to last major release | |
| Test Efforts OX (QA) | Smoke Tests, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests, Feature Tests, Dependencies Tests, Heuristic Tests, Performance Tests | Smoke Tests, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests, Feature Tests, Dependencies Tests, Heuristic Tests, Performance Tests | Smoke Test, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests, Dependencies Tests, Heuristic Tests, Performance Tests | Smoke Tests, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests - Fix Approval | Smoke Tests, Always Tests, Bug Fix Tests - Support: Fix Approval |
| Test Efforts Customer/Partner | Smoke Tests, Bug Fix Tests, New Feature Tests, Integration Tests | Smoke Tests, Bug Fix Tests, New Feature Tests, Integration Tests | Smoke Tests, Bug Fix Tests, Integration Tests | Smoke Tests | Smoke Tests, Bug Fix Approval |
Open-Xchange Server 6
Editions
| Abbreviation | Description | Target usage |
|---|---|---|
| OX:HE | Open-Xchange Hosting Edition | Designed for organizations that want to provide a scalable, multi-tenant e-mail and collaboration solution to their customers. Focus: Software-as-a-Service offerings |
| OX:SE | Open-Xchange Server Edition | Designed for medium and large size organizations, educational institutions and public administrations seeking a customizable communication solution. Focus: System Integrators |
| OX:SEforUCS | Open-Xchange Server Edition for Univention Corporate Server | Integration to in-house customer environments |
Open-Xchange App Suite
Editions
| Abbreviation | Description | Target usage |
|---|---|---|
| OX App Suite | Open-Xchange App Suite Community Version | Need to revitalize business growth and increase your competitive advantage? OX App Suite integrates smoothly into existing infrastructures and massively scales across multi-tenant architectures securely and reliably. Offer your users a seamless messaging experience to deliver branded, app-economy services and take back the user experience. German engineered and designed for a mobile world, OX App Suite uses open API's to deliver device independent access to email and messaging, social collaboration and digital media via a rich web-based interface. Through a modular App-based portal, HTML5 interoperability gives providers a new basis to up-sell and cross-sell white-labeled services and mobile applications. |
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Please Note: Minor and Major Product Releases in bold
| GA | Product | Major Release | Minor Release | Public Patch Releases | Shipped Packages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-08 | OX App Suite v7.8.3 and OX 6 Middleware v7.8.3 | 
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Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 Middleware (backend) v7.8.3-rev42 Open-Xchange App Suite Frontend v7.8.3-rev36 | ||
| 2018-01-08 | OX App Suite v7.8.4, OX 6 Middleware v7.8.4 and OX Documents v7.8.4 |
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Open-Xchange App Suite / OX 6 Middleware (backend) v7.8.4-rev20 Open-Xchange App Suite Frontend v7.8.4-rev18 Open-Xchange Documentconverter 7.8.4-rev6 | ||
| 2018-01-09 | OX Guard v2.8.0 |
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Open-Xchange Guard v2.8.0-rev13 |
Current Product Version Matrix
Open-Xchange products comprise of two major components: Front End and Back End. Each of these components can be rev’ed independently of each other. The following table shows the most recent combinations of Front End version and Back End version that make up a complete product version.
OX App Suite
| Version | Backend | Frontend |
|---|---|---|
| v7.8.4 | v7.8.4-rev20 | v7.8.4-rev18 |
| v7.8.3 | v7.8.3-rev42 | v7.8.3-rev36 |
| v7.8.2 | v7.8.2-rev38 | v7.8.2-rev29 |
| v7.6.3 | v7.6.3-rev35 | v7.6.3-rev29 |
Open-Xchange Server 6
| Version | Backend | Frontend |
|---|---|---|
| v7.8.4 / v6.22.13 | v7.8.4-rev20 | v6.22.13-rev5 |
| v7.8.3 / v6.22.13 | v7.8.3-rev42 | v6.22.13-rev5 |
| v7.8.2 / v6.22.12 | v7.8.2-rev38 | v6.22.12-rev4 |
| v7.6.3 | v7.6.3-rev35 | v6.22.9-rev16 |
Please Note - Additional Information
| Product-, Release- and Component Name | Additional Information |
|---|---|
| File Storage Integrations | OX App Suite has the possibility to let users integrate their cloud storage accounts of 3rd party services with the OX Drive module of the web UI: File Storages. Access to these services is intentionally limited to web UI and will not be part of the OX Drive apps or the existing WebDAV interface. |
| LinkedIn Integration | Regarding the integration between OX App Suite and LinkedIn, we would like to notify you about an upcoming LinkedIn API change, which is used by the App Suite app server.
We were informed by LinkedIn this week that LinkedIn will restrict access to parts of their currently available API for all existing users and partners by May 15th. LinkedIn will only allow access to the full API, if you sign up for the LinkedIn partner program. Read More: Open-Xchange Forum |
| Facebook Integration | Facebook has introduced a new API Permission called “read_stream”, which allows clients of their API to retrieve the Facebook stream of a user. This data was used in the OX App Suite Portal widget to give users instant access to their Facebook data without leaving App Suite. The issue with this new API permission is that Facebook only grants it to 3rd party applications which do not run on the following platforms (All platforms where Facebook already is present): Web, TV, iOS, Android, In-Car. Read More: Open-Xchange Forum |
| T-Online Integration | Regarding the integration between App Suite and the social network T-Online, we would like to notify you about an upcoming T-Online change, which is used by the App Suite app server. As a result of the change from a clickable HTML page to a single-page-javascript application, the Open-Xchange App Suite Integration for T-Online will stop working and removed. |
Maintenance expires
| Product-, Release- and Component Name | Maintance expires |
|---|---|
| In accordance with the supported platform policy, Open-Xchange will discontinue maintenance and support for Connector for Microsoft Outlook, Open-Xchange Updater (with all components inside) with the next major release (planned beginning of 2018). Existing customers with Connector for Microsoft Outlook in their portfolio, will receive full maintenance and support until beginning 2018. To support the discontinuation, we are happy to announce that Open-Xchange will provide releases of all native apps including OX Mail App, OX Drive App, eM client for OX App Suite and OX Sync App over the coming months. This has the advantage of providing a similar user experience on all devices, to all clients, and allows us to take a holistic approach to the development of our product portfolio. | Beginning 2018 |
| Open-Xchange will discontinue support for Apple iOS 9 with the next major release (planned beginning of 2018). Open-Xchange supports Apple iOS 11 now. | Beginning 2018 |
Maintenance expired (Archive)
| Product-, Release- and Component Name | Maintance expired |
|---|---|
| In accordance with the supported platform policy, Open-Xchange announces the discontinuation of support for Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES 11) and Debian Wheezy with an upcoming release of OX App Suite, planned for Q4 2016. We encourage administrators to update to the latest operating system version, Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SLES 12) and Debian Jessie. For details of all supported platforms and databases please refer to the requirements page at: http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:OX_System_Requirements#Server_Platforms | Since OX App Suite v7.8.3: 2016-11-30 |
| In accordance with the supported platform policy, Open-Xchange discontinues support for the following platform operating systems: Apple iOS 8, Apple Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7. | Since OX App Suite v7.8.3: 2016-11-30 |
| In accordance with the supported platform policy, Open-Xchange announces the discontinuation of Internet Explorer 10 support for OX App Suite web frontend. This comes in with the release of OX App Suite v7.8.1. For details of all supported browsers please refer to the requirements page at: | Since OX App Suite v7.8.1: 2016-03-31 |
| Open-Xchange will discontinue support for Apple iOS 7 with the next major release of OX App Suite v7.8.0 | Since OX App Suite v7.8.0: 2015-10-07 |
| Open-Xchange will discontinue support for Debian Squeeze (Debian 6) with the next major release of OX App Suite v7.8.0. We encourage administrators to update to the latest operating system version of Debian. | Since OX App Suite v7.8.0: 2015-10-07 |
| With the v7.8.0 release, Open-Xchange will discontinue support for the Random Token login method (sometimes also called Easy Login). Specifically, this means that the "login?action=redirect" call (see http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=HTTP_API#Redirect) will be removed. Furthermore, the "com.openexchange.ajax.login.randomToken" setting will be removed from the "login.properties" file, and the "login?action=login" call will never contain the "random" token. We strongly encourage users of the Random Token login method to change their custom login implementations and use one of the supported methods. | Since OX App Suite v7.8.0: 2015-10-07 |
| Open-Xchange discontinues support for Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion with the minor release of OX App Suite, v7.6.2: 2015-03-11 | Since OX App Suite v7.6.2: 2015-03-16 |
| Open-Xchange discontinues support for Apple iOS 6 with the minor release of OX App Suite, v7.6.2 | Since OX App Suite v7.6.2: 2015-03-16 |
| Open-Xchange discontinued support of all old Android stock browsers on mobile and tablet devices with the release of OX App Suite v7.6.1. OX App Suite is only supported on the new official stock browser, Chrome on Android. | Since OX App Suite v7.6.1: 2014-10-15 |
| Support for AJP based communication between the HTTP server and the OX backend server. Open-Xchange already provides a new HTTP connector which is based on the Grizzly project. Download and configuration instructions are available at http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Grizzly | Since OX App Suite v7.6.0: 2014-06-25 |
| Open-Xchange discontinued OX App Suite web frontend support for Internet Explorer 9 with the major release of OX App Suite v7.6.0. | Since OX App Suite v7.6.0: 2014-06-25 |
| Open-Xchange discontinued Open-Xchange Server 6 and OX App Suite calendar and contact synchronization (CalDAV/CardDAV) support for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) with the major release of OX App Suite v7.6.0. | Since OX App Suite v7.6.0: 2014-06-25 |
| Open-Xchange discontinued Connector for Business Mobility support for Windows Mobile 6, 6.5, Symbian (Mail for Exchange 3.x), Apple iPhone iOS 5 and Blackberry with the major release of OX App Suite v7.6.0. | Since OX App Suite v7.6.0: 2014-06-25 |
| With OX App Suite v7.4.2, the name of the “Files” app was changed to “Drive”. As part of our product strategy we developed clients for different desktop and mobile devices to provide improved file handling and synchronization. | Since OX App Suite v7.4.2: 2014-02-11 |
| Debian 7 (Wheezy) was released by the Debian project on May 4th 2013. Both OX App Suite and Open-Xchange Server 6 support Debian 7 with OpenJDK 7 and MySQL 5.5 with this release of OX App Suite. Please note that the combination Debian 7 / OpenJDK 6 or Sun Java 6 will not be supported as a platform by Open-Xchange. | Since OX App Suite v7.4.0: 2013-09-26 |
| Open-Xchange discontinued support for the currently available "showruntimestats" monitoring function (which fetches runtime information from the Java virtual machine and about the Open-Xchange Groupware backend). With OX App Suite v7.4.0, there is a new monitoring function using Jolokia for Open-Xchange. From v7.4.0 onwards, this is located inside the Open-Xchange Bundle and configured by jolokia.properties. Further information can be found at http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Jolokia | Since OX App Suite v7.4.0: 2013-09-26 |
| Open-Xchange provided a new LDAP Contact Storage Integration Bundle. Open-Xchange discontinued support for the old bundle with OX App Suite v7.2.1. Further configuration information is available at the Open-Xchange Knowledgebase under: http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=ContactStorageLDAP | Since OX App Suite v7.2.1: 2013-05-27 |
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