1.7. Version Numbering
- Flair version numbering, has the form: flair-M.m-P[.b]
- M:
Major version, this number is increased by one only when a major modification in the structure of the program takes place. During the initial phase of development is 0.
- m:
Minor version, this number is increased by one every time an addition in the program’s functionality is made. e.g. Adding new plotting forms, mechanism, databases etc.
- P:
Patch level, this number is increased when bug fixes take place or minor changes in the functionality. e.g. Addition of extra fields in a form etc.
- b:
optional specialized bug correction
The About Dialog of the program displays the Major and minor version as well the git hash tag, every time changes in the program are committed to the gitlab server.
The Update dialog of flair will ask the user to check on the web every 30 days (default) for a new flair version (M.m) and FLUKA release.