How deeply does Effective Platform Engineering cover version?

Explains deprecation timing, compatibility windows, cluster scanning, and team notification, but not versioning implementation internals.

Version

As explained in Effective Platform Engineering

An API version is an identifier that distinguishes a particular compatibility and behavior contract for an API.

An API version identifies a particular compatibility and behavior contract. Treating versions explicitly lets platform teams manage change without breaking existing deployments. section 9.3

A Kubernetes API version follows an incremental deprecation path:

Promote an API from v1alpha1 to v1beta1, then mark v1alpha1 as deprecated in the next release. section 9.3
Keep the deprecated version usable for two release cycles to provide backward compatibility. section 9.3
Scan deployments after upgrades, identify outdated versions, and notify owning teams before removal causes failures. section 9.3

apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1alpha1
Kind: MutatingWebHook

apiVersion: apps/v1
Kind: Deployment

Compare version declarations for admission registration and deployment APIs. section 9.3

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Go in Action, Second EditionA version number is an identifier representing a particular software release or state, often communicating its compatibility or maturity.
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Kubernetes in Action, Second EditionAn API version identifies a versioned Kubernetes API schema for a resource kind, including its available fields and default values.
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Amazon Web Services in Action, Third Edition: An in-depth guide to AWSAn object version is a distinct stored revision of an object identified by the same object key.
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Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition: Write and organize scripts and toolsA script version is a release identifier recorded in a script's metadata to distinguish one published revision from another.

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Related concepts

version pinningconfigured by · Version pinning fixes a software dependency, tool, or other component to a specified version or immutable identifier rather than allowing its version to change automatically.
calculation phaseproduced by · The calculation phase is the phase of a mutation that computes the next version of system data without advancing the current state.
Azure CLIused by · Azure CLI is Microsoft’s cross-platform command-line interface for creating, configuring, and managing Azure resources and services.
requirements.txtconfigured by · requirements.txt is a conventional text file that specifies Python project dependencies and may include version constraints or package sources.

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