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BlockSuite has a pattern of updates that you can keep a lookout for. There are 3 types of updates, Feature Releases, Cleanup & Bugfix, and Hotfix.
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BlockSuite has a pattern of updates that you can keep a lookout for. There are 3 types of updates, Feature Updates, Cleanup & Bugfix, and Hotfix.
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## Feature Releases
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## Feature Updates
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These updates include major changes to BlockSuite and most likely will require a database update.
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**NOTE**: BlockSuite is designed in such a way where it is backwards compatible with older versions. However, if changes are made to a new database using an old version of BlockSuite, switching back to the latest version of BlockSuite may cause problems and would need to manually fix the database. So while backwards compatibility _is_ possible, I would still discourage it.
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Hotfixes can both important or unimportant fixes made to BlockSuite. These updates can range from fixes such as accidental data loss caused by an overlooked block of code to simple things like modifying the output of a command. Hotfix severity will be explained in the next section.
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## Updates Timeline
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Updates are ordered from 0-9. 0 being a Feature Release, 5 being Cleanup & Bugfix and everything in between reserved for Hotfix. Confused? Let me explain.
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Updates are ordered from 0-9. 0 being a Feature Updates, 5 being Cleanup & Bugfix and everything in between reserved for Hotfix. Confused? Let me explain.
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