Here some info about i-MSCP release process. Here, we take in example the next stable release 1.1.0.
BETA VERSIONS
i-MSCP beta versions (open for new features and bugfixes)
---> 1.1.0-beta1
----------> 1.1.0-beta1-1 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
----------> 1.1.0-beta1-2 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
...
---> 1.1.0-beta2
----------> 1.1.0-beta2-1 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
----------> 1.1.0-beta2-2 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
...
---> 1.1.0-beta3
...
RELEASE CANDIDATE VERSIONS
i-MSCP RC versions (open for new features and bugfixes)
---> 1.1.0-rc1
----------> 1.1.0-rc1-1 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
----------> 1.1.0-rc1-2 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
...
---> 1.1.0-rc2
----------> 1.1.0-rc2-1 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
----------> 1.1.0-rc2-2 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
...
---> 1.1.0-rc3
...
FROZEN RELEASE CANDIDATE VERSIONS
i-MSCP RC versions (Development freeze, open for bugfixes)
---> 1.1.0-rc4
----------> 1.1.0-rc4-1 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
----------> 1.1.0-rc4-2 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
...
---> 1.1.0-rc5
----------> 1.1.0-rc5-1 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
----------> 1.1.0-rc5-2 (hotfixes - Called here fast bugfixes release)
...
STABLES VERSIONS
i-MSCP Stable version (Development freeze, open for hotfixes only)
---> 1.1.0
----------> 1.1.1 (maintenance release)
----------> 1.1.2 (maintenance release)
----------> 1.1.3 (maintenance release)
----------> 1.1.4 (maintenance release)
...
This process will not be changed. If an user is installing a BETA or RC version, he should know what he do.
Note: Till now, we have not released any maintenance version for the current stable 1.0.3.0. We should have a security team for that purpose that is able to backport available fixes from our development branch (master) to a maintenance branch for the current stable release.
Thank you for using i-MSCP
