On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 22:12:45 +0000, Longabaugh, Robert E wrote: >CA has offered Internet Service Retrieval (RECEIVE ORDER) since January 2018. > >https://support.ca.com/us/product-content/status/announcement-documents/2018/ca-smp-e-receive-order---maintenance-delivery-made-easy.html > >I believe that at least one other ISV offers RECEIVE ORDER, but do not want >name the wrong one. > This seems to address the end customer's point of view. Is there something similar, either from IBM or from CA, addressing the fellow ISV's point of view? Did CA reverse-egineer IBM's process, or bribe IBM to share it? (I read only the first page.)
>The most recent MVS Packaging Rules that I know of is for SMP/E 3.5. It does >have rules to build your function sysmods that would apply to any delivery >vehicle. There is also some documentation that applies to service sysmods as >well, for example if you are creating a new load module or adding a module to >an existing load module. > And there remains the silliness that adding an existing MOD element to an existing LMOD requires that the MOD be re-delivered even if it's unchanged. PITA. I know; WAD. It shouldn't be. I had to write code to check for new INCLUDEs and remind the developer to re-deliver the MOD. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
