Patch release

When a new minor version is released, the number after the decimal point is incremented, e.g. from 7.0 to 7.1, or from 2.4.9 to 2.4.10.

Such releases are usually reserved for bug fixes, optimizations, security patches, and minor new features.

Typically, bugs that affect the broad user population are picked for a point release.

[4][5] The frequency of deploying point releases varies greatly, depending on the needs of an organization.

[8] With retail software, point releases are often, but not necessarily, free updates for users of the latest full version, as opposed to major releases that frequently come at some cost even for previous users.