Offer both methods because I make quite a few changes and I would hate to
have to re-customize my system every time I wanted a little hot fix!
If you roll tons of hotfixes together then I'll have to change files that I
might have already had fixes for. I just think it needs to be described
very well in the download area and also it needs to be easy to see what
version you have. Maybe a updated version.txt with EVERY hot fix that we
could check.
BOTH ways = best because it works for EVERYONE.
Tim D
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron
Hornbaker
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:59 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [imail] VOTE NEEDED ON HOTFIX METHOD (was: Problems with KWM)
KWM Users,
Regarding everyone's wishes for a complete full download, our rationale is
that we knew we'd have several small, frequent hotfixes early on with KWM
v2x, and building the full installer for each bundled product is a very
large amount of work, tending to discourage small hotfix releases. With
the current method of having only little zipped-file sets for hotfixes, we
can build and post those for download within about 20 minutes, getting
fixes out to everyone as quickly as possible. If we build the full version
every time, we must build the little hotfix, PLUS go through the Wise
InstallBuilder process for KWM, plus every bundled product in which its
included, then upload all those very large files to the colo facility.
That tends to take about 1-2 hours, and is more prone to errors.
One modification we can easily make to the hotfixes is rolling them up, so
that only one hotfix would be necessary onto the full installer. In other
words, the v2.0.3 hotfix would include the v2.0.2 hotfix.
So, with that background, please let me know which of the following you
would vote for by clicking on the appropriate mailto link...
1. Make the full installer always contain all the latest hotfixes, even
if it means less frequent hotfix releases
CLICK HERE TO SEND VOTE VIA EMAIL:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=1-full_installer_built_for_each_hotfix
2. Maintain current hotfix method, except roll the hotfixes together so
that only one need be applied to the full installer. This will help you
get faster, more frequent fixes to reported problems.
CLICK HERE TO SEND VOTE VIA EMAIL:
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NOTE: Please do not ask new questions in your vote emails, since I'll be
getting quite a volume of them.
Thanks!
-Ron
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