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From: shankar@hpclscu.HP.COM (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: 825 Update Problems 2.1 to 3.1
Message-ID: <1340076@hpclscu.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 89 17:50:42 GMT
References: <210037@speclab.bgp-usgs.gov>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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> I skipped 3.0.  In general I skip any x.0 update as the chance for
> bugs is usually greater (I guess I've been burned too many times, on
> various manufacturers machines).  Could skipping 3.0 have caused
> some of these problems?  The documentation said I could update to
> 3.1 from 2.1.

I am not privy to any of the system integration stuff, so I can only
sympathize with you (*very strongly*) on your many problems (the only
suggestion that I can make is that you complain very loudly to your SE).

However, I want to make a comment on that last statement:

Not all releases will have a x.1 release. The ".1" releases are, in
general, placeholder releases between major releases, and are not to be
considered as "bug-fix-only" updates to the x.0 releases (sometimes, they
contain new functionality).

Each release is first shipped out in a controlled release, and if any
critical problems are found, are fixed immediately *in that release*. A
little while later, the tapes are sent out for general release. The SE's
usually have the most recent update to the most recent release.
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