Understanding releases
In its simplest meaning, a release in software parlance means making software available to the end users. When a release is made, software features and functionality are made available to the end users for consumption. Releases are generally periodic in nature, and they can be done at any time-daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or any combination of these depending on the nature of software, users, and value added into each release. A release consists of newer and updated functionality, completely tested and deployed on a production environment. Each release has a unique identifier through which it can be referred. A release is generally done on a production environment, but it can also involve deployment on multiple other environments such as test and staging. It depends on an organization as to how it would like to define a release along with the approval requirements. A release on any environment including a production environment involves getting approvals from stakeholders...
