In addition to Bob's update, I was told the same thing offline. Fixed If Next.
Roger Bolan infoprint.com Boulder, Colorado, USA P Think before you print Robert Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> 06/16/2008 12:24 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Re: UR1 vs FIN Roger Bolan wrote: > > FIN means "fixed in next", but this does not absolutely guarantee that there will be a "next release". That's why you might have heard it as "fixed IF next". It's generally used for certain kinds of changes that are only allowed to happen on a release boundary (like a significant change in the packaging protocol) or some other kind of really significant change that can't be done by just a PTF. FIN really means "Fixed IF next" for good, legal reasons. In addition to the situations that you describe for FIN use, it opens the door wider for customers to report nits that neither the customer nor IBM thinks warrant shipping more PTFs in the service streams for current releases. OA25428, for example, let current IPCS developers know that a developer 14 years ago made a data entry field on one panel two characters too narrow to accept the widest item that can properly be entered there. Hopefully, a lot of these irritants can go away as a consequence of similar FIN APARs. Bob Wright - MVS Service Aids ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
