Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-19 Thread Doug
nframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 5:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CBT Tape Updates ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:52:19 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote: > Skip the "real"/AWS tape. Maybe j

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Tom Brennan
iginal Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CBT Tape Updates One function the CBTTAPE numbers did was keeping a historic log of version, so if the latest didn't work you could g

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Peter Sylvester
On 19/03/2021 03:34, Tom Brennan wrote: Since some folks here seem to like the current CBT format, maybe I'm doing something wrong and you can correct me.  Here's an example: ... Oops, back to the subject:  Now I have a zip file.  I can click on that and an XMI file appears.  But xmit manag

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Ron Wells
Good idea -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 5:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CBT Tape Updates ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:52:19 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Mike Schwab
not zero. I haven't encountered that kind of problem, but having > > prior versions to go back to is highly valuable when you need it. > > > > Peter > > > > -Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of > > Mike Schwab &

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Tom Brennan
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CBT Tape Updates One function the CBTTAPE numbers did was keeping a historic log of version, so if the latest didn't work you could go through the various tapes to find an older one that would work on your system. So please keep a link to ea

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread kekronbekron
.UA.EDU On Behalf Of > Mike Schwab > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:50 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: CBT Tape Updates > > One function the CBTTAPE numbers did was keeping a historic log of version, > so if the latest didn't work you could go through the

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
t On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CBT Tape Updates One function the CBTTAPE numbers did was keeping a historic log of version, so if the latest didn't work you could go through the various tapes to find an older one that

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Mike Schwab
One function the CBTTAPE numbers did was keeping a historic log of version, so if the latest didn't work you could go through the various tapes to find an older one that would work on your system. So please keep a link to each version by date, unless the author withdraws a particular version becau

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Dana Mitchell
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:52:19 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote: >Skip the "real"/AWS tape. Maybe just cut one only on request. I agree, another vote for skipping the tape paradigm all together. Just a web page maybe with the listing of the descriptions from file 001 (without all the extra tape info)

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-18 Thread Tony Thigpen
Skip the "real"/AWS tape. Maybe just cut one only on request. I always download the individual file zip member and use "xmit manager" to extract files to my pc for review. I either upload individual files or upload the xmit file depending on my needs. Just a web page with a list of downloadab

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-17 Thread Brian Westerman
I think once per year is fine. You could do it on your Birthday to give you something to celebrate with. Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the m

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-17 Thread kekronbekron
Yes, building on this idea... the content can all be migrated into GitHub. Initial migration will be painful but then new versions can be managed via 'releases'. Without the recent release of https://github.com/mainframed/xmission, it's not a simple process browsing XMIT files on a desktop. - K

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-17 Thread Tom Brennan
What about skipping the tape grouping entirely, and have a separate web page for each file # with the README (or whatever is supplied as doc) on that web page so it's searchable by Google? Then there's no need for the update page either, since the latest updates will be on the individual file

Re: CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-17 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
esday, March 17, 2021 2:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: CBT Tape Updates Dear Folks,     I have a dilemma.  The dilemma is:  How often should I make new CBT Tape Versions?     We make about 2 or 3 CBT Tape Version updates per year, and we have been doing that for the past 16 or 17 year

Re: [EXTERNAL] CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-17 Thread Gorham, Steve
List On Behalf Of Sam Golob Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 2:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] CBT Tape Updates Dear Folks,     I have a dilemma.  The dilemma is:  How often should I make new CBT Tape Versions?     We make about 2 or 3 CBT Tape Version updates per year

CBT Tape Updates

2021-03-17 Thread Sam Golob
Dear Folks,     I have a dilemma.  The dilemma is:  How often should I make new CBT Tape Versions?     We make about 2 or 3 CBT Tape Version updates per year, and we have been doing that for the past 16 or 17 years now.  This is in contrast to when Arnie was doing the CBT Tape.  Arnie (Casin