Thanks Scott, That is also my opinion, but I like to be sure and know more about the way I distribute my product and if there is better alternatives.
Thanks, Shai On 1/4/08, Rob Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shai > > IMHO there is no need for SMP/E for a small free software product with a > minimal set of elements - a complete reship of the product at a new "build > level" seems a reasonable approach to me. > > > > Rob Scott > Rocket Software, Inc > 275 Grove Street > Newton, MA 02466 > 617-61... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shai Hess > Sent: 04 January 2008 06:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: SMP/E and why not. > > HI, > > My MFNetDisk load library size is 226k in XMI format. > > Forum member notes to me that the installation is not standard and it make > him think if the product is OK. > > I used SMP/E in my life many times. This SMP/E is a complicate to handle > and to maintain. > > I decide that for now it is better, faster and more reliable (you can make > error when you code the SMP/E) to send the XMI load library for installation > because it is small, it can have a lot of depandency which make the product > more sensitive to errors (my opinion). > > When I put fixes in my product I check the PC and the MVS component as one > unit and that what I send to the users for installation. > > Of course if users ask me to use SMP i will do it but still I prefer for > now to use the way I do it. > > OK, few words about my product maintenance (MFNetDisk). > > In the download page in my site you have the date which the installation > files have been changed. > > If the date is newer then the working Load library for the user then the > user must download the installation file (one Zip file) and check file " > FIXINFO.DOC". > > In file "FIXINFO.DOC" I put comments about each fix and the date and the > component which have been updated. > > Component can be <MVSLOAD> or/end <PCSERVER> or/end <PCTOOL>. > > If you have more then one fixes between the date of your running code and > the last FIXINFO fixes be aware that you must install all the components > which are upated for all the fixes between the dates. > > If "special action required" like cold start or whatever action I will let > you know in the PTF entry in the FIXINFO.DOC. > > "NOTHING is SURE except the facts that you are alive now (if you read this > email) and the fact that you will die one day. In between enjoy life" (I > put PTF in this sentence without using SMP, sorry!). > > Thanks, > Shai > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
