Brian, No... he's saying that rather than having to sit and install all the patches. All we have to do is drop a .jar file in a directory (and probably hiccup the service) and voila.. Just like us Apach'er had to do for the 2.0.39 hotfix.
~Todd On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Brian Scandale wrote: > Ben, > > Please clarify for me. I'm a bit slow as others on the list can attest to. ;-) > > Are you saying that in the background, CFMX will upload patches and hotfixes? And >then CFMX will install those patches and hotfixes on the CFMX server? > > Thanks, > Brian > > > At 11:23 AM 7/12/02, you wrote: > >Todd, > > > >I was in Newton this week and spent some time with the CF team, they are > >reviewing this right now. A service pack is not out of the question, but > >as I said, none is planned right now. > > > >The good news is that CFMX was designed to very easily allow patches or > >hotfixes, CFMX itself looks for them and loads them automatically if > >present (without needing a full reinstall as was the case in prior > >CF's), so there are other options beyond service packs (options that can > >be created and deployed far quicker and easier if needed). > > > >Now, I am not saying they'll be a patch or hotfix yet, but I am saying > >that the few known problems areas (COM being the biggest) are being > >looked at right now, and as soon as the engineering team has worked out > >what the best course of action is they'll be an announcement. > > > >Heck, I'll post a message here myself as soon as I hear anything. > > > >--- Ben > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:07 PM > >To: CF-Talk > >Subject: RE: Storing Queries in Application Scope > > > > > >Ben, > > > >What about 3rd party upgrades...? Example given: Axis - Are those being > > > >released in the form of a patch or perhaps instructions on how to do it? > > > >Same thing with the jre? > > > >Just curious. > > > >~Todd > > > >On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Ben Forta wrote: > > > >> Douglas, > >> > >> Well, if you are planning to wait for an SP you could end up waiting > >> for a long long time, there is no SP scheduled at this time. > >> > >> And while there have been posts here about problems upgrading, realize > > > >> that there are a couple of thousand subscribers to this list (and far > >> less than that are regular contributors) and that is a very small > >> percentage of the CF user base - the reality is that most users have > >> not experienced upgrade problems at all. With the exception of COM > >> (which is being looked at) and the documented changes (e.g. advanced > >> security, dynamic database connections) this has actually been a very > >> painless upgrade for most (far less painful than say CF3.x to CF4 or > >> CF4 to CF4.5). > >> > >> Hope this helps. > >> > >> --- Ben > > > >-- > >============================================================ > >Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ | > > Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion | > >http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ | > >http://www.flashCFM.com/ - webRat (Moderator) | > >http://www.ultrashock.com/ - webRat (Back-end Moderator) | > >============================================================ > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
