I think what happens is releases are scheduled every two weeks or so for various bug fixes and new hardware/features in the T train. Periodically or maybe all to often of late a problem is found before a scheduled release that is so onerous that it's thrown in the bit bucket and never sees the light of day.
This is only an observation/educated guess, I'm sure someone on this list knows more, Larry???? Dave John Neiberger wrote: > > Is anyone else concerned about the numbering scheme so far? :-) They > seem to just skip several major releases to try to get their numbering > system synchronized but it also has the subtle effect of making us think > they're progressing further than they really are. > > For example, I see today that 12.2(10) is out. What was the previous > release? 12.2(9)? Nope. 12.2(7) !! > > It's even worse in the T releases. They skipped from 12.2(4)T to > 12.2(8)T. This is nuts! > > I took a look at the open caveats for 12.2(10) and was quite surprised > at what I found. Keep in mind that they're only listing the severity 1 > and 2 caveats plus a few select severity 3 caveats. With my browser > window fully open, I had to hit 81 times to get through the > list! That's eighty one pages of known bugs, and only the worst of the > bunch, not a complete list. > > It scares me sometimes what I'm willing to put on our routers here at > work. On one of our main routers I'm running 12.2(3) but that's only > because it seems to be fairly stable in our environment and I'm afraid > to upgrade. We can't downgrade because I need a couple of the > features. Definitely a precarious situation. > > Okay, time to get some more coffee. I'm rambling. Perhaps I should > attempt to argue that IGRP is a path vector protocol. Or perhaps ponder > over tunneling token ring over encrypted HSRP tunnels. > > Regards, > John -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44274&t=44267 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
