Maintenance release

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A maintenance release (also minor release or Maintenance Pack or MP) is a release of a product that does not add new features or content.[1] For instance, in computer software, maintenance releases are typically intended to solve minor problems, typically "bugs" or security issues.

## Example of minor version numbering

The somewhat unusual version number "3.0.5a" was used for a minor release of KDE because of a lack of version numbers. Work on KDE 3.1 had already started and, up to that day, the release coordinator used version numbers such as 3.0.5, 3.0.6 internally in the main CVS repository to mark snapshots of the upcoming 3.1. Then after 3.0.3, a number of important and unexpected bug fixes (starting from 3.0.4) suddenly became necessary, leading to a conflict, because 3.0.5 was at this time already in use. More recent KDE release cycles have tagged pre-release snapshots with large revision numbers, such as 3.1.95, to avoid such conflicts.

## See also

* Patch (computing)
* Software versioning
* Software release life cycle
* Point release

## References

1. ↑ Classen, H. Ward (2005). A practical guide to software licensing for licensees and licensors: analyses and model forms. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, Section of Business Law. p. 327. ISBN 978-1590315743.

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