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IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor Software Support Lifecycle

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Abstract

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor is a component of WebSphere Hybrid Edition used to help modernize and migrate applications from on-premises environments to the cloud or to containers. This component adheres to a modified IBM Continuous Delivery (CD) Lifecycle Policy.

Content

The IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor adheres to a modified IBM Continuous Delivery (CD) Software Support Lifecycle Policy. 

  • At this time, IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor does not have any plans for a Long Term Support Release (LTSR) option.
  • The numbering scheme for the version of IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor is based on the semver semantic versioning specification defined at http://semver.org/. The version numbering takes the form major.minor.patch with
    • MAJOR:    Number changes indicate incompatible changes between releases
    • MINOR:    Number changes indicate a new release
    • PATCH:     Number changes for fix updates
  • IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor treats each major version (as in major.minor.patch semantic versioning) as a new IBM CD Release with new support dates.  New minor and patch versions are both equivalent to an IBM "CD update package".
  • IBM Support is provided for the current major version (as in major.minor.patch semantic versioning) and the minor versions for the previous major version that are less than two years old
  • Fixes and new functionality will only be provided in the next CD update package.
For supported open source components of IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor:

  • If an identified problem requires a fix to an open source project, the ability to deliver this fix is contingent on the open source community project accepting and publishing the fix for the required version of the open source project.  IBM will supply reasonable effort to identify the fix and work with the community to have the fix included in an appropriate release.

Support Schedule for IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor

From time to time features may be deprecated. Features will not be removed without first being deprecated in a prior minor release (as in major.minor.patch semantic versioning) of IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor. Refer to the What’s New documentation to view which features are being deprecated or removed. 

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 March 2023

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ibm16955523

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