# Release of Slicer 4.11.20210226 in progress: Regular builds are disabled

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** release-process\
**Created:** [February 27, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250 "2021-02-27T02:54:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250/1 "2021-02-27T02:54:22Z")

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This evening, regular preview and stable builds of Slicer and associated extensions will be disabled in favor of a new stable snapshot release.

To track the progress, see [Release Slicer v4.11.20210226 · Issue #5489 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/5489)

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**Author:** ![cpinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/cpinter/32/7995_2.png) [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250/2 "2021-02-27T14:34:47Z")

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Should it be 4.13.20212026?

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250/3 "2021-02-27T15:41:48Z")

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Since originally, we planned to have the last 4.11.YYYYMMDD snapshot release to be with VTK 8 and have the 4.13 series to be the one with VTK9 in preparation of Slicer 5.x, I kept the minor version as 11.

Here is the corresponding commit history:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/3/8/381c016f55704bf6fc7bb76e85e105a12371e988.png)

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250/4 "2021-02-27T16:08:24Z")

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4.11.20212026 indicates that it is a patch release, which means no new features and no API changes. Since we both added features and changed API since 20200930, incrementing the minor version would have been appropriate. However, I don’t mind if we leave this one as 4.11, as it is just a special interim release, for hopefully a short time.

As we are establishing our new quarterly stable release process, we should define a versioning scheme that is informative and not too burdensome for maintainers, and apply it consistently.

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250/5 "2021-03-01T16:55:04Z")

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> [@jcfr](#):
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> This evening, regular preview and stable builds of Slicer and associated extensions will be disabled in favor of a new stable snapshot release.

I see Mac and Linux versions up. Any chance Windows stable will be up today? (We have a planned tech check-in for our workshop tomorrow, and if possible I would like to have users install the latest stable snapshot.)

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250/6 "2021-03-01T17:26:46Z")

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> [@muratmaga](#):
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> Any chance Windows stable will be up today?

Now I got back the sign package from our software team, I will upload it shortly

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-4-11-20210226-in-progress-regular-builds-are-disabled/16250/7 "2021-03-01T21:11:49Z")

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Waiting [download.slicer.org](http://download.slicer.org) updates itself, you can download the signed window package here:

[https://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/item/586488](https://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/item/586488)