On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:03:32 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:40:57 -0400, Peter Relson wrote:
>>
>>... But in most cases in the areas in which I work, the
>>++APAR is the intended final fix.
>>
>Ummmm ...
>
>   Linkname: APAR Fixes
>        URL:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/GIMPKG80/4.1.3
>
>  4.1.3 "z/OS Packaging Rules"
>    
__________________________________________________________________________________
>  4.1.3 APAR Fixes
>   ...
>   Following are some characteristics of APAR fixes:
>...
>     * Ordering - APAR fixes are neither ordered nor formally distributed.
>...
>   Note: APAR fixes are included in a subsequent PTF.
>
>"Neither ordered nor formally distributed" doesn't strike me as an
>"intended final fix".

I think Peter meant that the code that is provided in the APAR is the same
code that goes into the PTF.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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