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- From: lawrence@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Lawrence H. Smith,E20 Clark,56064,2726746)
- Subject: Re: PTF hell
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.175026.10325@msc.cornell.edu>
- Originator: lawrence@msc2.msc.cornell.edu
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- Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
- References: <1992Sep14.163822.8978@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:50:26 GMT
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- From article <1992Sep14.163822.8978@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, by paw@coos.dartmouth.edu (Pat Wilson):
- >
- > This is getting to be a good candidate for the FAQ - what are the
- > differences between the PTFs on the AIX 3.2.1 tape and those on 3.2.2?
- > Is there a list somewhere that some kind soul could provide? If an update
- > is made to a PTF (apar set), does the PTF then get a new number, or
- > should I <ick> go re-do all the PTFs I've already got on the 3.2.1
- > system from the 3.2.2 tape?
- >
- > I know this must have seemed a good idea at the time, but this
- > scheme of weird PTFs and no version numbers is driving me **crazy**!
- > It would be _very_ nice to have a "new in this version" list - it could
- > even be hardcopy, as long as I could get to it...
-
- Yes, I love the "version number format with enough digits to
- keep track of the federal deficit, 90% of which are always zero, especially
- if the product is actually a different version." I mean, fercrissake, all
- the _3.2.2_ updates are numbered _3.2.0_. What kind of Drain Bamage does
- that take!?!? Did someone lobotomize the entire version-numbering department
- between designing the system and handing out numbers?
-
- "Oh, no, sir, we can't use those digits yet. We haven't run out of numbers
- to put after the `U'..."
-
- sheesh!
-
- -Lawrence Smith, MSC Computing Staff
- lawrence@msc.cornell.edu lawrence@crnlmsc2.bitnet
- -Cats, Coffee, Chocolate... Vices to live by.
-