Meaning of point release | Babel Free

Definitions

A software release that is only slightly different from a previous version and thus having the same major version number, only differing in minor version number (after the decimal point).

Examples

“Between 2.0 and 3.0, there were four point releases, called 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4.”

“The company will fix the crashing issue in an upcoming point release.”

“No one is 100 percent sure how long Leopard took, since Apple whispered its name only just last year, but if it is "just a point release," then it should have been much easier to Q/A.”

“Recent data from their own Developer Support Site shows 87% of iOS devices are now running a version of iOS 7, and 58% of devices are running the latest point release of iOS 7.1.”

“VMware confirmed the bug to us yesterday and said it will not be fixed in the initial version going out to customers today. It will be fixed in a point release later on.”

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