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- Tagged version of module, used by some tagged version(s) of CD product(s)
- Must be well tested and stable
- This version is intended to use mainly by users , to provide them stable environment for running CD product(s)
- The chosen tagged version (in most cases the latest one) is set as default one
Release candidate (RC)
- A candidate for a next tagged version
- Provides a common, unified environment for developers working on next version of given CD product
- A RC version should be stable, however it would be changed quite often (patches, new functionality of libraries) so it may happen that RC version will have some issues
- Once WPCD confirms that its product works fine, RC is tagged
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- A candidate for a next tagged version
- Introduced to make sure that update/change requested by developer(s) is "safe" and will not brake environment (used by large group of developers)
- Used by a limited group of testers (usually by person who request change plus one/two other testers)
- If tests are passed, changes are introduced to RC:
- patches automatically
- library updates (that may change APIs) after confirmation coming from WPCD
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