We are pleased to announce the release of CLM 4.0.7, the recommended maintenance release for customers who want to stay on the version 4 base of Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM). This release provides improvements in support and resolutions to key defects and security issues.
Improved maintenance
On the journey to Continuous Delivery, we identified the need to resolve defects quickly and thoroughly to provide the highest quality. For more information about how IBM is using DevOps to transform CLM maintenance, see this blog series: A DevOps Transformation for CLM Maintenance – Part 1.
Based on this investigation, IBM will be delivering interim fixes for CLM 4.0.7 with these characteristics:
- Limited content through strict governance
- Detailed descriptions of content in readme files and on Jazz.net
- Clearly defined upgrade path that is described in the readme file
- Cumulative and consistent content for all customers
- Ease of in-place application (easy to apply)
- Ease of rollback (easy to remove)
- Right-sized through patch services technology
If you upgrade to 4.0.7, you will have a predictable and reliable mechanism to receive fixes. The interim fixes are available by contacting the IBM Support team.
Key defects
In this release, the primary objective is to ensure that deployment to version 4.0.7 results in no regressions and zero down time. To achieve this objective, we were rigorous in our governance of content:
- No new features were added
- Defects limited to those requested by customers
- The system requirements remained consistent with version 4.0.6, except for the addition of SQL Server 2012 and an updated Java Runtime Environment
This philosophy allowed us to focus development and testing to ensure the highest quality. For a complete list of the defects that were resolved in version 4.0.7, see the release notes.
If you are looking for new features and resolutions to additional defects, try version 5.0.
Security updates
Another key aspect of long-term stability is security. Version 4.0.7 contains resolutions to documented IBM PSIRT issues following the NIST guidelines. For more information about IBM Product Security and incident responses, see the IBM Product Security Incident Response page.
But wait, didn’t IBM just announce version 5.0?
Version 5.0 was announced in June 2014. Be sure to try it out if you haven’t already. Version 5.0 provides new features for DevOps, agile development, reporting, and much more. An excellent overview of the version 5.0 content is available in this blog entry: Five is alive! Announcing the release of CLM 5.0.
Version 4.0.7 is for customers who need particular system requirements or want more time to evaluate their upgrade to a 5.0 release.
For more details, check out our Release Notes pages for Rational Team Concert, Rational Quality Manager, and Rational Requirements Composer.
Enjoy!
Ginny C Ghezzo
Rational Program Director
Rational Client Relations
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Ginny, let me see if I understand this correctly:
If I upgrade to 4.0.7, I can stay on 4.0.7 and receive bug and security fixes at the 4.0.7 mod level without having to upgrade to a 4.0.8? I won’t get new features, but I no longer have to do a side-by-side upgrade to stay current on maintenance.
Have I got that right?
Ron: Yes, you have it right. My recommendation is to move up to 4.0.7 and you can receive defect and security fixes delivered through a simple, in place iFix. For long term maintenance, CLM 4.0.7 is the right place to be while evaluating new features being delivered in CLM 5.0 and beyond.
Hello Ginny, We have started our planned upgrade from 4.0.2 to 4.0.6. Should we just move up to 4.0.7 instead or is there a workaround option to address the security vulnerability if we go on 4.0.6?
YES! Make the move to CLM 4.0.7! You will thank me! Please contact me if you need more convincing. If however you still decide 4.0.6 is the way to go, IBM support can help provide timely resolution to security issues.
Hi Ginny
All the 4.0.7 downloads are unavailable, what’s up?
/anders
Anders, There were problems with all downloads today. I just checked and they appear to be back online.
Hi Ginny,
I need to create a plan with java APIs, can I do this in this version?
Andres,
Can you be more specific when you say “Plan”? Are yo referring to an RQM Test Plan? If so, you can use the REST API via POSTER (or some other HTTP client) to create a QM Test Plan (or other Test Artifacts as well)
Here is the link to the REST API
https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/RqmApi
Andres, I do not have experience with the RTC Java APIs and if they can be used to create a plan. However, if it could be done in V4.0.6, it can be done with no issues in CLM 4.0.7. Good luck!