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Overview
FreeWheel is committed to delivering innovative products and features that solve your business needs. To support you as we bring new products, feature improvements, and capabilities to market, we are pleased to share a few release resource improvements. As of June 30, 2020, FreeWheel will formally support a midpoint release and provide a dedicated release guide.
What is a midpoint release?
Every 8 weeks, FreeWheel releases new features and improvements to production. The midpoint release occurs between each of the MRM major releases. Features typically fall into one of the categories below:
Midpoint Release | |
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Category | Descriptions |
General Improvements | Bug fixes, performance improvements, client-transparent infrastructure changes, and non-client facing code changes. |
Supports New Products | Features and capabilities released to support newer FreeWheel Products, such as the Programmatic module. |
Requires Enablement | New products, capabilities, and/or features that are not yet in use by any clients and require enablement. |
Please note that FreeWheel may need to release features that fall outside of the categories listed above. This may include:
- New capabilities and improvements to immediately support client business needs.
- Product updates that were previously communicated but postponed to a future release.
Understanding FreeWheel Releases
The midpoint release allows our Engineering and Product teams to make feature changes on a faster cadence to support your business needs. To help illustrate the new publishing cadence for release guides, an example for the upcoming release is pictured below.
How will FreeWheel support each release?
Information is key for any successful product or feature adoption. To support each releases, we will provide you with
- Release guides dedicated to the midpoint release (e.g., 6.36.1 release) and major release (e.g., 6.37 release).
- Advance notice to help you prepare for upcoming features, capabilities, and/or improvements.
- Updates release dates on the FreeWheel MRM Release Calendar and Scheduled Maintenance Events page.
Upcoming Improvements
To better support each release, we wanted to share a few improvements:
Resource | Update | Description |
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Midpoint Release Guide |
| Upcoming midpoint release features, capabilities, and improvements with links to documentation.
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Major Release Guide |
| Consolidated the Release Brief and Guide
New Publishing Date
Additional Features
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Support Portal Notifications |
| To subscribe to the Support Portal notifications, please see subscribing to service notifications on the Hub.
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FreeWheel MRM Release Calendar |
| The FreeWheel MRM Release Calendar and Scheduled Maintenance Events page has been updated. |