On 12 Sep 2006 10:28:29 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Cole) wrote:
(c) So the maintenance job we provide does the following:
RESTORE: This removes prior maintenance from the
TLIBs, restoring them to their initial installation
state.
REJECT: This removes the prior maintenance data from
SMP/E's database.
RECEIVE: This introduces the new maintenance file
into SMP/E's database.
APPLY: This applies the new maintenance to z/XDC's
TLIBS.
<snip>
I suspect that many (if not most) commercial products
would benefit from taking an approach such as ours.
Please don't encourage this misuse of SMP.
I like your product, but this technique is contrary
to the spirit of SMP. Therefore, it causes cognitive
dissonance in some of us who do understand SMP, and wish to
use it correctly. Since the technique is different from
what I'm used to, it takes longer than if it were the
normal, "complicated" SMP install of maintenance. ACCEPT,
(Optionally REJECT,) RECEIVE, APPLY is the normal route for
mass maintenance, and takes very little time or thought, as
long as the maintenance is packaged correctly.
Since many sysprogs are "just" SMP jockeys, is it too
much to ask that they be able to use SMP? If they can,
then there should be no need to "simplify" things for them.
N.B.
Please note the quotes around 'just', above. Those
are scare quotes, not greengrocer quotes, and I mean no
disparagement towards competent SMP jockeys.
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