Understand Atlassian Release version

[Geoffrey.C]

Hello world,

I would like to know if there is an official page that explain how Atlassian manage them version ?
For exemple : 
JIRA Software Server : 8.0.0; 8.0.1; 8.0.2 ... 

What does numbers mean ?
8.0.x is stable ? or 8.x.x ?

Thank you !

[Taranjeet Singh · Accepted solution]

@Geoffrey.C Please refer this documentation from Atlassian on Enterprise Releases. This will help answer your queries.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/atlassian-enterprise-releases-948227420.html

Hope it helps !

[Geoffrey.C]

Thank you.
I will take a closer look but it's what i was looking for.

Do you know what is the best way to know stability of version and see futur releases ?

[Thomas Buchhorn]

Hard to say. Take the last release of the enterprise releases.

If you want to see which bugs are fixed or new features are coming in the next version, have a look at beta release notes ( https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform)

or atlassians jira server ( https://jira.atlassian.com/projects/JRASERVER/issues/JRASERVER-67811?filter=resolvedrecently )

[Geoffrey.C]

thank you

[Thomas Buchhorn]

Number changes like from 8.0.x to 8.1.x or 7.9.x to 7.11.x usually means its a new build with new features.

.x releases are usually bug fixes to those releases.

There is not really something called a stable release. New versions with new features always have a higher chance to introduce new bugs.

If you are really concerned about stability, have a look at the new enterprise releases. (More bug fixes backported)

See: https://www.atlassian.com/blog/enterprise/introducing-enterprise-releases