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Eugenio Romano edited this page May 26, 2017 · 8 revisions

Release strategy

ADF project use the semantic versioning in combination of tag. ADF continues delivery release:

  • Monthly stable release in the official https://registry.npmjs.org/ registry changing the MINOR version so 1.5.0, 1.6.0 and..
  • Weekly beta release in the official https://registry.npmjs.org/ registry using 1.6.0-beta1,1.6.0-beta2,1.6.0-beta3,1.6.0-beta4 and the NPM tag @beta (note how to download the beta packages is explained below )
  • PR alpha release on our http://npm.londonlab.alfresco.me:4873/ registry using 1.6.0-ISH_KEY (ISH_KEY is the key of the git commit relative the PR) and the NPM tag @alpha (note how to download the alpha packages is explained below )
@latest   o---------------------------------------------------------------o     Monthly     
          |                                                               |
@beta     o---------------o---------------o---------------o---------------o     Weekly                         
          |                                                               |
@alpha    o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o     Any PR accepted on development

By default, npm install download the packages from https://registry.npmjs.org/ registry with latest tag. If you want to download a different tagged packages you need to specify the different tag in this way:

Beta Version

Beta version are created weekly

npm install NAME_PACKAGE@beta --save  

pratical example
                                                                      
npm install ng2-alfresco-core@beta --save

Alpha Version

The alpha version are only in our personal npm registry so before to download it you need to switch on our npm registry

npm set registry http://npm.londonlab.alfresco.me:4873/

and after:

npm install NAME_PACKAGE@alpha --save  

pratical example
                                                                         
npm install ng2-alfresco-core@alpha --save

Cloned repository

If you downloaded our repository on your machine and you want update the demo shell to the @alpha or @beta you can use the the script :

Beta Version

./scripts/start.sh -v @beta

Alpha Version

./scripts/start.sh -v @alpha -r http://npm.londonlab.alfresco.me:4873/

What are npm tags

Tags are a supplement to semver (e.g., 1.5.0) for organizing and labeling different versions of packages. In addition to being more human-readable, tags allow publishers to distribute their packages more effectively.

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