On Wednesday, 03/18/2009 at 10:48 EDT, Adam Thornton <athorn...@sinenomine.net> wrote:
> It strikes me that, given that we have several versions' worth of > excellent models, there's nothing really stopping, um, one of *us* > from doing a set of one page versions, one for tape, for first level > DVD, and for second level DVD. > > Of course, getting those KNOWN to people who don't already know about > the mailing list becomes the trick. I, for one, would prefer that the community NOT do that as it creates an expectation that installing release 'n+1' is the same as release 'n'. I think that at such a sensitive point in the deployment process that they should be using Official Information that comes with the installation/service deliverable. But if the community does choose to build such a set of documents, please clearly point out that the information is not provided or warranted by IBM and that installation/service problems encounted need to be reported to the author, not IBM. (I don't want PMRs that begin "I attend a small mid-western university. While using the One-Page Install Guide from the Internet and I encountered a problem...") Checklists and other preparatory advice, based on real-world experience, are ponies of a different color. They would definitely be a value-add, providing *guidance* (opinion) where IBM can usually only provide a *procedure*. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
