Product Release Naming Conventions
Oracle Utilities Network Management System product releases occur as General Availability (GA) Releases, Service Packs, and Patch Bundles.
GA Releases (for example, 2.3.0, 2.4.0, 2.5.0, and so forth) are complete (new) binary releases with full documentation sets and Quality Assurance (QA) processes.
Service Packs (for example, 2.4.0.1, 2.4.0.2, 2.4.0.3 …) are complete (new) binary releases containing a limited set of new features and all bug fixes since the last GA or Service Pack release. Service Packs include targeted QA testing, which is based on current customer platforms and module usage.
Patch Bundles (for example, 2.4.0.0.1, 2.4.0.0.2, 2.4.0.0.3 …) - These contain only bug fixes and changed files since the last GA release or service pack. This release will go through QA bug regression testing to verify the system will start and perform basic functionality. Patch bundles are cumulative and the latest patch bundle will always contain all patches for that service pack.