Versions#

This documentation covers a number of Starburst products around PrestoSQL. Products follow different release cycles and version numbering schemes. Some restrictions exist around combining different versions and ideally you use versions that are designed to be combined and are all documented together here.

List of versions#

LTS and STS releases#

SEP is available and maintained in long-term support (LTS) and short-term support (STS) releases. The following processes around PrestoSQL open source releases and SEP releases, availability and support apply.

General#

  • All PrestoSQL open source releases use an integer number such as 338.

  • An SEP release is created for each PrestoSQL open source release. It uses the source of the open source release, and adds the extensions and plugins.

  • Every release of SEP is created as an STS release first.

  • All STS releases use the PrestoSQL number with an appended -e, such as 338-e.

  • Some STS releases are promoted to LTS.

  • All LTS releases appended a patch number, such as 338-e.0, 338-e.1, 338-e.2, and so forth.

  • LTS and STS releases include all release artifacts such as tar.gz archive, rpm archive, container images, and additional tooling such as Kubernetes and CFT-related resources.

  • New features are never backported, but only become available in newer releases. As a result LTS users, who want to stay with LTS versions only, need to wait until the next LTS release is available, to gain access to new features. Alternatively you can change to use an STS version with the new feature and keep updating with each STS release until an LTS version is released.

STS releases#

  • Support for usage in production until the next STS release becomes available

  • Available shortly after each PrestoSQL open source release of the same version

  • No issues in the release are fixed as patches to that release, any changes or fixes are incorporated in the next release. For example, a problem in 333-e is fixed and made available in 334-e, 335-e, or whenever a fix is available.

LTS releases#

  • Support for usage in production for 12 months

  • Only available for selected PrestoSQL open source releases

  • Limited, low number of release per year, at most one release per quarter

  • Some issues are backported to the release and made available as patch releases. For example, a problem in 332-e.2 is fixed and released in 332-e.3

The following resolutions for issues are backported:

  • Critical security fixes

  • Select fixes for critical defects that affect production usage, and for which no workaround is available. This may include incorrect results, severe performance regressions, and stability issues. The decision to backport such fixes is made by Starburst in collaboration with affected customers, if necessary.

LTS and STS support#

The following table shows the how long from the release date critical patches and support are provided:

LTS and STS support#

Release type

Supply patch releases for critical issues for

Provide support for

LTS

12 months

12 months

STS

no patches, next STS provides fix

latest STS release only

All releases#

The following table contains a list of all SEP versions, detailing LTS/STS qualifier, release date, and end of support date for LTS releases.

Starburst Enterprise LTS versions#

Version

Release month

End of support

350-e.x LTS

February 2021

February 2022

345-e.x LTS

November 2020

November 2021

338-e.x LTS

July 2020

July 2021

332-e.x LTS

April 2020

April 2021

323-e.x LTS

October 2019

October 2020

312-e.x LTS

June 2019

June 2020

302-e.x LTS

March 2019

March 2020

All older releases reached their end of support date.

Starburst Enterprise STS versions#

Version

Release month

End of support

348-e STS

December 2020

350-e STS release

347-e STS

December 2020

348-e STS release

346-e STS

November 2020

347-e STS release

344-e STS

September 2020

345-e LTS release

343-e STS

September 2020

346-e STS release

341-e STS

September 2020

343-e STS release

340-e STS

August 2020

341-e STS release

339-e STS

July 2020

340-e STS release

338-e STS

July 2020

338-e LTS release

336-e STS

June 2020

338-e release

334-e STS

June 2020

336-e release