Matter Versioning and Release Maintenance#

Silicon Labs Matter GitHub is being phased out in favor of using the Matter SiSDK Extension that is available through Simplicity Studio and standalone via SLC-CLI.

Versioning Scheme#

• FORMAT: vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH_VERSION-PRE_RELEASE

• Silicon Labs versions e.g., 3.0.0

• Connectivity Standards Alliance Matter version e.g., 1.1

• [Optional] Prerelease flag e.g., alpha.1

Example: v3.0.0-1.1-alpha.1

Update digits based on the following criteria:

• Major

  • Connectivity Standards Alliance ups the major version number, or

  • Major GSDK/SiSDK version supported, or

  • Miscellaneous breaking change

• Minor

  • Connectivity Standards Alliance ups the minor version number, or

  • Minor GSDK/SiSDK version supported, or

  • Silabs updates e.g., new sample app, documentation, bug fixes, or

  • Silabs hardware platform added, or

• Patch

  • Patch GSDK/SiSDK version supported, or

  • Targeted bug fixes

• Pre-Release

  • As needed, e.g. release after TE1 can be called v2.3.0-1.2-alpha.1

    • To identify targeted feature requests/SQA quality level testing

      • alpha level quality to identify non-standard SQA level testing

      • beta level quality to identify certain SQA testing, but still in early development

Release Maintenance#

Matter Extension#