Majorsequence and Minorsequence Clauses for the Add Policy Command

The Majorsequence and Minorsequence clauses allow you to define major and minor revision sequences for a policy. 

add policy NAME majorsequence A,B,C,... minorsequence 1,2,3 delimiter ’-’;

The delimiter can be only ASCII non-alphanumeric characters. The following characters are not permitted as delimiters: ? * ' " , [ ] ( )

Both major and minor sequences are validated using the following rules:

  1. Commas are used to separate enumerated types.
  2. A trailing ellipsis (…) means a continuing sequence. A leading ellipsis means a sequence consisting of three dots.
  3. In the absence of a trailing ellipsis, hyphens denote a range. For example:
    • A-Z signifies that all letters from A through Z, inclusive, are to be used.
    • A-1,... The trailing ellipsis used here signifies that A-1 is a revision string, not a range.
  4. Only the beginning of a range is checked for the presence of a delimiter.

Strings generated or passed in major or minor revisions are checked for the presence of the delimiter. The same applies to full revision strings. In addition, full revision strings are checked for the presence of more than one instance of the delimiter.

For more information, see MQL Concepts: About Major and Minor Revisions.