On Sunday, 96/08/18, Shmuel Metz wrote to David Noon about "PL/I for
OS/2" as follows:

SM> Maybe in the VM world, but in the MVS world program products
SM> routinely arrive with lots of PTFs integrated into the base. I take
SM> it that you've never been lucky  enough to have the bucket tell
SM> you not to install one of the integrated fixes? The refreshes cut
SM> down on the size of the Cum tape when everything goes well, but
SM> sometimes their a royal pain in the asset!

Hi Shmuel,

The base install media should have no PTF's beyond those in the base
release level. The PTF roll is supposed to include an update to the
numbers. The Cum tape _is_ the slipstream.

This is precisely what Harry was grumbling about: under OS/2 IBM ships
only the base install media and not the CSD (Cum tape equivalent).

SM> Actually, it's the oddball products that don't slipstream, at
SM> least in the MVS world.

True. I've seldom received one without at least something from the
bucket. It's a practice that OS/2 could well inherit, at least for
professionals. All we need now is SMP/E.

Regards

Dave


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