Darren J Moffat wrote: > Garrett D'Amore wrote: >> Darren J Moffat wrote: >>> Garrett D'Amore wrote: >>>> Frank Che wrote: >>>>> The project team would like to change the release binding of this >>>>> project from micro to patch, for back-porting purpose. If there is >>>>> any concern on this, please let the project team know. >>>>> >>>>> I think this change is qualified for self review. If there is >>>>> concern, I can upgrade it to a fast track. >>>> >>>> I think since you requested micro binding originally, this is >>>> trivially obvious. Indeed, I think many people these days treat >>>> micro binding as synonymous with patch binding. (We haven't had a >>>> "micro" release since Solaris 2.5.1.) >>>> >>>> For C-Team's point of view, I think you can just go ahead and >>>> proceed as if you originally requested patch binding. >>> >>> There is a very important difference between micro and patch though >>> and that is the delivery mechanism. A micro release can be assumed >>> to be fresh installer or upgraded to but a patch release could need >>> the feature applied by 'patchadd' as well as being upgraded to in a >>> fresh bitted release. This case introduces a new package >>> (SUNWmptsas) so as long as that can be properly dealt with in the >>> patch release train I have no problem with the change of binding. >>> >> >> C-Team is apparently confused... while the driver is intended for the >> feature-patch gate (i.e. for delivery as part of a Solaris 10 >> update), they have made a point of requesting the project go back and >> ask for patch binding. > > I don't think the C-Team is confused. Solaris 10 updates are not > micro releases they are patch binding releases.
Solaris 10 updates have been handled the same way all other updates since at least Solaris 8 have been handled, as a collection of patches. So I'm not sure I understand how a micro release would happen.... unless someone did a Solaris 10.1 or somesuch. The last such release I recall was Solaris 2..5.1. Okay, well in this case its obvious enough. In the meantime, I think case submitters (and their sponsors) should refrain from using micro release binding -- its not really what they want. They want either minor or patch binding. -- Garrett