Different Build Types
Official
- These builds are currently only available on the Murena smartphones
Murena smartphone are phones purchase through the murena Shop
- Are built based on source code from the Community build branch which has been released and tested
- This build undergoes additional and longer testing cycles
- Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by /e/OS official keys
- Official builds have a maintainer
- Get regular OTA updates
- Users can also download the official builds and manually install them if they so desire
- Builds format are IMG files with a build script to help with the installation.
- Release Frequency: Monthly or bimonthly
- Earlier referred to as stable builds
- Build Naming format: IMG-e-1.20-s-20240220382012-stable-FP4.zip
Naming format explanation:
IMG-e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-stable-devicename.zip
Community
- Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by /e/OS dev keys
- Includes the latest /e/OS development code for the device
- Is released after testing but may still contain non critical bugs
- Get regular OTA updates
- Available for download on /e/OS websites
- Release Frequency: Monthly if possible
- Earlier referred to as dev builds
- Build Naming format: e-1.20-t-20240223382228-dev-mata.zip
Naming format explanation:
e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-dev-devicename.zip
Test
- Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by Android test keys
- Builds are made to test some new features or an upgrade
- May or may not get regular OTA updates
- These builds are only accessible to testing team members
- Are not available for download on /e/OS websites
- Release Frequency: Depending on testing requirement
- Build Naming format: e-1.21-rc-r-20240313386629-stable-FP2.zip
Naming format explanation:
e-codeversionnumber-testphasecode-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-dev/stable-devicename.zip
Unofficial
- Builds are made by /e/OS or external users
- Builds are not supported by /e/OS
- Made using /e/OS sources code with no modifications in any form
- At times may not have a maintainer as in made by a user who does not own the device
- Do not receive OTA updates
- Available for download on /e/OS websites and are tagged as “UNOFFICIAL”
- Release Frequency: Monthly or biMonthly
- Build Naming format: e-0.7-n-2020021341116-UNOFFICIAL-mata.zip
- Install these builds at your own risk
Naming format explanation:
e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-UNOFFICIAL-devicename.zip
Custom
- Builds are made by /e/OS or external users
- The build may have possible changes to /e/OS sources and include code developed for specific device support
- Builds are not supported by /e/OS
- Will not be publicly available for download on /e/OS websites
- Install these builds at your own risk
- Release Frequency: Dependent on the client or ROM Builder
- Build Naming format: Format to be set by client or ROM Builder
Naming format explanation:
Depends on the convention followed by the custom ROM builder