SanteDB Versioning
SanteDB releases have two versions associated with them:
- Semantic Version -> Which is used for determining compatibility of assemblies within the SanteDB solutions, dependencies, etc.
- Informational Version -> Which is used to describe the overall release.
The semantic versions of SanteDB look similar to this:
[major].[minor].[revision].[build]
Where:
- Major: Describes the major release.
- Even numbered major versions are release versions
- Odd numbered major versions are development versions between releases
- Minor: Describes the overall patch level within the particular version of SanteDB
- Revision: Is used to describe patch level. These are usually random (but increasing) values.
SanteDB originally was implemented as a revision of the core OpenIZ backend. This was implemented on .NET Framework 4.5.2, Xamarin and PCL Profile7 assemblies. These versions begin with the major revision 1.x , ending 1.128.0 (Iqaluit).
Since PCL has been deprecated for some time, a refactor of the code to .NET Standard 2.0 was recently performed.
Starting with SanteDB named version Jasper , the entire shared assembly infrastructure has been ported to .NET Standard 2.0. Since these assemblies are incompatible with the PCL infrastructure and .NET 4.5.2, the entire project was upgraded to .NET 4.7 and the major version rev'd to 2.x series.
We're still in the process of updating our documentation to reflect this change of underlying frameworks.
Starting with SanteDB 2.x, versions are differentiated between a technology preview version and a hardened/LTS version using the minor build number. Minor builds which are even numbered are considered stable and no API changes are permitted (2.0.x, 2.2.x, 2.4.x, etc.). Builds with odd numbered minor versions are considered technology preview builds (2.1.x, 2.3.x, 2.5.x). CTP releases are suitable for use for developers, pilots, etc. and each revision within the minor build should be relatively compatible with one another.
CTP releases may, however, contain new features or enhancements which have not been deployed by the SanteDB team in a production context. These releases typically follow on another. For example, the 2.1.x CTP releases are used as the basis for the 2.2.x stable releases.
The SanteDB has performed significant work in refactoring the persistence layer and MDM layer during 2021 and 2022 to improve the manner in which data is loaded and filtered from the underlying datastore. This version on branch
feature/nuado represents the last version of the 2.x series of the SanteDB platform code prior to the next-gen redesign (version 3.0)
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