On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 14:46:06 -0600, Kirk Wolf wrote: >We always do a full-replace. For a <20MB install that is 95% Unix files, >this makes sense since we have a automated process that does builds and I >wouldn't want to introduce human errors by crafting partial replacements >each time. > >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> >> > The point to requiring use of SMP is not to satisfy a checklist, but to >> > provide certain capabilities, e.g., tracking changes, installing fixes >> > without having to do a "level set", ... >> > I'm trying to envision a service contract written to prohibit "level set"s. This would require that each PTF: o Have no PRErequisites o Repair (only) the defect the customer reported. o Introduce no additional defects. o Introduce no other behavioral changes. In particular, it must repair no defects other than the one the customer reported.
That would be perceived as paradise by Ed G. --gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
