So we have two versions of 7.5 patch 5, and will soon probably have a third. Having the ability to ascertain which of those I have installed would be much more useful if we had some sort of lookup table available to tell us which of the three we had installed, so that we would be able to know whether it was the most current one. Our operational issues require that we be able to identify what's on our systems. Something like the SHARE:ApplicationProperties would be a natural place for that, but I would hope that you could identify someplace that could be updated more quickly and regularly.
A simpler solution would be to simply increment the patch numbers each time one is released or fixed, and disable those known to be failures. Thoughts? Rick On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Easter, David <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > While I don’t disagree, operational issues internally do not enable the > issuance of an externally visible “005A” or such in terms of patch numbering > at this time. However, the version string within the executable does > change, so you can tell which version you have by running the > *version*command against the server binary. > > > > The pull is of the revised Patch 005, although the original Patch 005 was > itself pulled to include the license audit corrections that then caused this > additional issue. > > > > -David J. Easter > > Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Service Management > > BMC Software, Inc. > > > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My > voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a > spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC Software, > Inc. > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook > *Sent:* Friday, July 09, 2010 11:19 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010 > > > > ** Indeed. I appreciate how BMC has improved their release processes over > the past few years, but this practice of re-using patch numbers is a major > no-no from a Release Mgmt. perspective. At least name them 5a, 5b... or > 5.1, 5.2... or something. > > Rick > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:13 PM, LJ LongWing <[email protected]> wrote: > > David, > Is this a pull of the initial Patch 5, or the revised Patch 5 that came out > recently?....and why do we again have a scenario where we have two of the > same patch version running around? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
