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A-502
Maintenance releases are indicated by a whole number (x) within the parentheses. Each periodic
maintenance release number is incremented sequentially—for example, 10.2(2), 10.2(3), 10.2(4),
10.2(5), and so on. Maintenance releases are periodic revisions of major releases. These are fully
regression tested releases incorporating the most recent bug fixes.
Be extremely cautious with any release that has a number following the maintenance release number
inside the parentheses (y)—for example, the .5 in parentheses in the version number 10.2(3.5). These
numbers indicate that this version of software is an interim build. Interim builds are unit tested, but
have not been fully regression tested and should be used only for short-term, urgent point-fix
situations until the next maintenance release is available.