version control numbering

djoni · Post by **djoni** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:54 pm

Can anybody who has used Version Control give me an idea with respect to the release numbering, what changes should be considered as minor and what major?
Thanks, djoni

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:22 pm

The major number reflects the version of DataStage. The minor number is the number of times the component has been released/promoted. The point number is yours to do with as you wish. If the point number has been incremented, Version Control does not automatically increment the minor number.

djoni · Post by **djoni** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:58 am

Understood and thanks. But you have not given any idea as I asked. Anything further, please?
djoni

ray.wurlod wrote:The major number reflects the version of DataStage. The minor number is the number of times the component has been released/promoted. The point number is yours to do with as you wish. If the point ...

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:33 pm

That's entirely your choice. It depends a lot on what you do with the product, and how you do it.

djoni · Post by **djoni** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:14 am

lack of specific DataStage guide/standard/best practise, my company has decided to specify major if any change/maintenance needs more than 90 man-days of effort (that's the second part of the Version Control's three parts numbering scheme), and minor (the last/third part) to anything else.
djoni

ray.wurlod wrote:That's entirely your choice. It depends a lot on what you do with the product, and how you do it.

djoni · Post by **djoni** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:21 am

I might have a different Version Control than yours.
In the Version Control that I use (comes in my 7.1.5.A), the release/version number has three parts.
The first one (leftmost) is fixed by IBM (in my case it's 50) for all my jobs/components, I can never change.
The second (middle) is what the manual calls major. The last, minor.
We can control the major and minor.
djoni

ray.wurlod wrote:The major number reflects the version of DataStage. The minor number is the number of times the component has been released/promoted. The point number is yours to do with as you wish. If the point ...

roy · Post by **roy** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:51 am

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