Version and release management overview

You must manage various versions of packages, corresponding releases, and all the various customizations on the standard software.

Infor Enterprise Server offers a comprehensive solution with a version and release management concept. The advantages of the version and release concept are:

  • A flexible development environment

  • Flexible management of the software, such as:

    • New versions
    • Patches
    • Customizations
    • Localizations
  • Developers can create and test the customizations on the standard software in a separate development environment.
  • Operational users do not see new or customized software components until the components are fully tested and released in their own run-time environment.
Note: 

As of LN 10.8, Extensibility is the standard tool to be used for customer-specific modifications (also referred to as customizations). Customers can leverage all available Extensibility features in the tx package, as well as the standard LN Report Designer.

Using Extensibility delivers immediate benefits to customers in terms of environment maintenance and paves the way to a transfer to the Cloud.

Therefore, creating derived (custom) Package VRCs from standard Package VRCs containing software of customized versions is no longer allowed. Consequently, any third party application that requires such derived (customer) Package VRCs needs to follow a different approach. Please check with your account representative if you have any questions.