2020 Release calendar

Last update :  Oct 9th : 2020.R2.Final released

This article contains the Release updates for the following sections for the year 2020:

• On Premises Solutions (Main Release)
• On Premises Solutions (Patches)
• Strato Cloud Solution

On Premises Solutions

Main Release

For this upcoming year 2020,  you will find below the planned schedule of the Main releases for the SpinifexIT products, which covers:

• Easy Reporter (including SFSF Integration, Web Reporting and PCC integration)
• Easy Documents
• Easy Help Desk
• Easy Clone (including SFSF Integration)
• Easy Payment Summaries and Easy STP (CE and Non CE)
• Easy Balance US
• Easy Balance Canada
• Easy Migration
• Easy Go Live

Release	Dev. Cut Off Date	Pilot Release Date	Full Release Date
2020.R1	17th December 2019	21st February 2020	3rd April 2020
2020.R2	16th June 2020	7th August 2020 Pushed to August 28th	18th September 2020 Pushed to October 9th

For 2020, SpinifexIT will have 2 major releases, named as 2020.R1, and 2020.R2
One major release contains New functionalities, Enhancements of existing functionalities, and correction (issues fixes).

Solutions Releases go through a Pilot testing phase with selected customers prior to Final release.

(*) : 2020.R2 will start to be available from October 9th  for selected Customers and Partners. If you wish to be part of the limited availability, please contact your Customer Care team so that they can provide the necessary details.

If you wish to participate in our Pilot Release program, please inform your Customer Care Team or your Account Manager.

Note: Release dates can be modified by SpinifexIT based on the results of internal QA process.

Each Main release will be followed by at least 6 patches corresponding to the ongoing support of that release/version: these patches will contain main corrections and may also include small enhancements and performance improvements 

Patches

Release Patches are planned after the Final release on an approx. monthly basis until the next release. These normally include software corrections/fixes mainly and for On premises Solutions.

If patches are deemed to be released, naming will be as follows : 2020.Rn.Px : ex : 2020.R1.P1 for Patch 1 of 2020.R1

Current delivery plan and status :  

Main Release	Patch Name	Dev Cut Off Date	Initial Target date	Status	Date planned / Released
2018.R3	2018.R3.P6	25th Sep 2019	11th Oct 2019	Released	11th Oct 2019
	2018.R3.P7	7th Dec 2019	10th Jan 2020	Released	2nd Jan 2020
2019.R1	2019.R1.P4	11th Oct 2019	4th Nov 2019	Released	4th Nov 2019
	2019.R1.P5	26th Nov 2019	18th Dec 2019	Released	18th Dec 2019
	2019.R1.P6	17th Jan 2020	7th Feb 2020	Released	6th Feb 2020
2019.R2	2019.R2.P1	13th Sep 2019	4th Oct 2019	Released	7th Oct 2019
	2019.R2.P2	31st Oct 2019	22nd Nov 2019	Released	22nd Nov 2019
	2019.R2.P3	20th Dec 2019	24th Jan 2020	Released	24th Jan 2020
	2019.R2.P4	14th Feb 2020	6th Mar 2020	Released	5th Mar 2020
	2019.R2.P5	27th Mar 2020	24th Apr 2020	Released	24th Apr 2020
	2019.R2.P6	15th May 2020	5th Jun 2020	Released	12th Jun 2020
	2019.R2.P6S		20th Jul 2020	Released	20th July 2020
2020.R1	2020.R1.P1	24th Apr 2020	15th May 2020	Released	15th May 2020
	2020.R1.P2	5th Jun 2020	26th Jun 2020	Released	26th Jun 2020
	2020.R1.P3	31st Jul 2020	21st Aug 2020	Released	21st Aug 2020
	2020.R1.P4	11th Sep 2020	2nd Oct 2020	Released	2nd Oct 2020
	2020.R1.P5	23rd Oct 2020	13th Nov 2020	Released	13th Nov 2020
	2020.R1.P6	4th Dec 2020	22nd Dec 2020	Released	22nd Dec 2020
2020.R2	2020.R2.P1	9th Oct 2020 6th Nov 2020	30th Oct 2020 27th Nov 2020	Released	27th Nov 2020
	2020.R2.P2	20th Nov 2020  9th Jan 2021	11th Dec 2020 29th Jan 2021	Rescheduled	29th Jan 2021

Warning: Delivery Dates for Patches are tentative dates and subject to changes based on the Items in scope. SpinifexIT may unilaterally change, postpone or cancel patches considering requirements and context. This article will contain necessary updates on a frequent basis. We invite you to Follow this article to keep abreast of changes.

End of life cycle  

Release versions are officially supported over a span of 15 months upon the first release date to allow customers to upgrade in the good conditions once a year.

Active Release versions are supported through patches as per plan (see 2020 Calendar) and Emergency fixes when the conditions are met

After the end of life of a Release, normal support is still granted however should code changes be necessary, customers will be needed to upgrade to an officially supported Release to apply the identified code changes. 

SpinifexIT recommendations :

• Plan at least a Release upgrade once a year to get the most of the new functionalities, features and performance enhancements
• Upgrade to the Main release delivery or to one of the early patches following the main delivery

Below is the table of 1st Release date and End of life date for current and upcoming releases

Release	Full Release Date	End of Support Cycle
2018.R3	19th November 2018	28th February 2020
2019.R1	8th April 2019	31st July 2020 - Moved to 31st December 2020(*)
2019.R2	16th August 2019	30th November 2020 moved to 31st December (*)
2020.R1	3rd April 2020	31st July 2021
2020.R2	9th October 2020	31st January 2022

(*) : To consider the COVID-19 impact as well as the limited release of 2020.R1.Final, SpinifexIT is exceptionally extending the support cycle of Releases 2019.R1 and 2019.R2 up to December 2020, providing more time for its valuable Customers to upgrade to a more recent release. Please read here: What's New: 2020 Release Updates 

What happens if I have not upgraded and my product is out of support?

 

If the product you are using is out of the support period, this does not mean it will cease to work.  You will still be able to use the solution, however, if there are any issues encountered, we will no longer be providing Patches or Bug Fixes. The Customer Care team will also still provide answers and recommendations to tickets and questions raised 

Cloud Solution - STRATO

This year, Strato will move to a more frequent cycle of updates on a 4 weeks basis.

Please find below the planned calendar / dates of availability for the 1st semester :

version	Preview Release date	Production Release Plans	Status	Date Released
R 1.12	Jan 20, 2020	27th Jan 2020	Released	27th Jan 2020
R 1.13	Mar 6, 2020	Mar 6, 2020	Released	Mar 6, 2020
R 1.14	Nov 22, 2020 (US) Jan 14, 2021 (AU ; SG ; EU)	Dec 10, 2020   (US) Jan 17, 2021  (AU; SG) Jan 23, 2021  (EU)	Planned	(US) RELEASED (AU; SG; EU) TBD

• Preview Release date : planned date of Availability in the Strato UAT system to allow Customers to get familiarized with the new functionalities / changes before PROD
• Production release plans : Planned date availability in Production [Monday morning]
• Status : Status of the current Release
• Date released : production date revised or actual released date in production 

For Strato's Release Calendar for the year 2021, please go to : Strato 2021 Release Calendar

(*) Note: Deployment to the Strato Production servers are scheduled over a weekend to be available next Monday morning