Software release life cycle

A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software: ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help improve software or fix bugs still present in the software.

See also

• Application retirement
• Merge window
• Paper launch
• Release engineering
• Release management
• Rolling release
• Software deployment
• Software maintenance
• Software versioning

External links

• Software release life cycle @ Wikipedia