On Feb 15, 2005, at 00:42, Benjamin Scott wrote:
No, it takes a **LOT** longer. If the number of components in a Configuration Management scenario is N, then the number of potential interactions is (N^2)-N. Think about that for a minute.
You forgot to iterate over the number of functions exposed by each component (N). :(
Probably somebody somewhere with enough resources could come up with a system to profile each package and build dependency graphs and built good validation scripts for each package and setup a cluster of test machines and scripts to automate testing of each of the Nf^2 possible configurations and create pass/fail lists and auto-feedback about breakage.... but it ain't ever gonna happen.
IT is rapidly converging on "figuring out why stuff breaks when upgrades happen".
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