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- Is the last release (preview or major) more than 4 month ago?
- Did we fix some major bugs that will address lots of users?
- Did we implement new features that will help users in lots of situations?
- Did we fix a bug or integrate a feature one specific project is asking for?
During the sprint review (describe) we discuss whether or not a preview version is released. If we see that none of the previous questions are answered with yes, we do not release a preview release.
When releasing a preview version, the next version will keep the same major numbering, but the releasenumber will be increased by one (e.g. releasing 1.5.2 as preview release will create a new version 1.5.3)
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