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Re: (ASCEND) 5.0Ap34
On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Kevin Smith wrote:
> At 07:56 AM 11/21/97 -0500, Walter Mizelle wrote:
> >Agreeded what is going on are you not testing it and just using the
> public as
> >beta. We are trying to run things out here in the real world. I never
> upgrade
> >to the new patch for this reason I always wait untill I see a mail which
> gains
> >my confidence or I wait at least 3 p releases.
>
> Check out the README files on the FTP server, or the notes on the WWW site
> related to patch/incremental releases. They ONLY pass through basic sanity
> checks in the LAB to verify they don't have gross errors (at least as far
> as we can with a lab environment). Only full releases, like 6.0 will
> get a full regression test suite.
Maybe so, but the FTP server messages don't seem to lead you to think this
way:
I quote, from /pub/Software-Releases/Max:
--
Patch Releases - A Patch Release contains only bug fixes made since the last
full release which will not affect the stability of the release. Patch
Releases may not be released on a regular interval.
What does this mean?
If you have a customer needing a fix made in both the patch and the
incremental release, and stability is what you want, then use the Patch
Release. If there is a new feature the customer desires or if they have a
problem fixed in the Incremental Release that a Patch Release does not
address, then they should use the Incremental Release.
--
'..will not affect the stability of the release..', now, who here wasn't
affected by stability in the past 8 revisions of patch releases. Ascend
better tighten up ship in a big hurry or start losing customers to the
competition like Livingston or Cisco. (Last month I just wanted to chuck
the damn MAX out the window) And the mention of 'real soon' and 'almost'
are not good terms to use. The last time I heard 'real soon' I expected
something in a day or two and it ended up being 4-5 weeks. (I won't even
go into how it took 6 phone calls and 4 assurances from people at Ascend
that I'd get my additional back cover plates to cover the gaping holes from
a DM-8 -> DM-16 upgrade..)
Ascend, take note, you are standing on the edge of a very very sharp knife
and many of us might just push you off.
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