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From: robin@batcomp.austin.ibm.com (Robin D. Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Risc/6000 date/time after New Year's
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Date: 9 Jan 91 20:32:25 GMT
References: <1991Jan3.200740.16131@portia.Stanford.EDU> <4941@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
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In article <4941@lure.latrobe.edu.au> CCVJ@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes:
>will be fixed "properly" in update 2003 (I too am confused about the 
>level numbering - currently its 01.01.0001.0003, I think 2003 referrs 
>to 01.01.0002.0003?!).

2003 will list as 03.01.0003.00xx.  This is how it works:

		A) 2xxx (2 thousand) level updates indicate an update that only 
		include those products that have been updated since the last
		update.  (ie. they require a "prerequisite" of the immediately
		preceeding update level - in this case 3002.)

		B) 3xxx (3 thousand) level updates indicate an update that 
		encompasses all updates from GA (golden/ship/general 
		availability) and requires no prerequisites.

		C) x### (###=some 3 digit number like 001, 002, 003, etc.) is
		used to indicate the update number (ie. update #1, update #2,
		update #3, etc.).  

		from the release level:

		03.01.xxxx.xxxx
		 ^  ^   ^    ^
		 |  |   |    |
		 |  |   |    -- Indicates build level of the current update
		 |  |   |       (and is usually worthless to a customer).
		 |  |   |
		 |  |   -- Indicates the update number which correspondes to 
		 |  |      "C)" above.  (ie. 2003 update, will list as 0003
		 |  |      here.)
		 |  |
		 ----- Indicates the OS version (ie. 3.01).  This will not 
		       change until the next release of the OS, (ie. 3.02).


I hope this clears things up a bit...


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