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- From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan)
- Subject: Re: When will HP supply PATCHES before they are Required?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.100013.27385@resonex.com>
- Organization: Resonex Inc., Sunnyvale CA
- References: <721721627snx@johnwuu.canb.auug.org.au> <28510355@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:00:13 GMT
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- In article <28510355@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC) writes:
- > Supporting patches in the presence/absence of other patches is not a
- >simple matter. As one of our Sun colleagues once said in this forum
- >(quoted from memory): The industry has a name for the tested and
- >supported set of all patches, it is called a "release". :-)
-
- It's understood that supporting patches is, to say the least, non-trivial.
- However, why can't HP supply regular Release Updates to HPUX? Across
- *all* supported platforms, please. (I get so frustrated when I hear
- someone say "Oh, that's fixed in 8.07", when the 300 only has 8.0!)
- When I was working in a DEC shop, this was common practice. RSTS would
- receive periodic bug-fix updates. Same thing with VMS, which had
- several releases of 2.*, 3.* and 4.* while I was involved with the
- system. HP-UX? Just a series of patches, received on a piece-meal
- as-needed basis. And occassionally a new version for the high-end
- systems.
-
- I really think HP could be doing better than they currently are.
-
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- Michael Bryan michael@resonex.com "Milk and Cheese in '92!" | ,_,
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