<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>7.7 Release policy</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="7.7 Release policy"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="sdccman"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="sdccman.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node165.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node163.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node157.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node165.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html3259" HREF="node165.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3253" HREF="node157.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3247" HREF="node163.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3255" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3257" HREF="node191.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3260" HREF="node165.html">7.8 Quality control</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3254" HREF="node157.html">7. Support</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3248" HREF="node163.html">7.6 Subversion Source Code</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html3256" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html3258" HREF="node191.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION00870000000000000000"></A><A NAME="3920"></A> <BR> 7.7 Release policy </H1> <P> Historically there often were long delays between official releases and the sourceforge download area tended to get not updated at all. Starting with version 2.4.0 SDCC in 2004 switched to a time-based release schedule with one official release usually during the first half of the year. <P> The last digit of an official release is zero. Additionally there are daily snapshots available at snap <TT><A NAME="tex2html113" HREF="http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/snap.php">http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/snap.php</A></TT>, and you can always build the very last version from the source code available at Sourceforge <TT><A NAME="tex2html114" HREF="http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/snap.php#Source">http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/snap.php#Source</A></TT>. The SDCC Wiki<A NAME="3923"></A><A NAME="3924"></A> at <TT><A NAME="tex2html115" HREF="http://sdcc.wiki.sourceforge.net/">http://sdcc.wiki.sourceforge.net/</A></TT>also holds some information about past and future releases. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> 2011-03-20 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>