This would seem to be a case 'use SMPE just cuz'. I don't see much real value. Except maybe for SMPE's ability to track all relevant data sets via DDDEF. You still have to find the CSI on your own, but once there it's pretty easy to locate the target files.
Unless customers are beating down your door, I wouldn't invest the resources in SMPE packaging. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 12:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: SFTP We always do a full-replace. For a <20MB install that is 95% Unix files, this makes sense since we have a automated process that does builds and I wouldn't want to introduce human errors by crafting partial replacements each time. I suppose that we could wrap the whole thing in SMPE like Java if there were any real demand, but we have other requirements that I am not sure how to address with SMPE. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:46 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The point to requiring use of SMP is not to satisfy a checklist, but > > to provide certain capabilities, e.g., tracking changes, installing > > fixes without having to do a "level set", backing off bad fixes, > > suspending the application of fixes with errors or requiring > > customer action. If the > REXX > > script does everything that SMP does but in a different way then > > IMHO > it's > > acceptable. > > > > OK, I misunderstood. I interpreted the "must be SMPE installed" as > "we won't even consider any alternate for installation and > maintenance. No SMPE means we will refused to get or use a product." > > As to the "shar" script - it does a full install of the product (aka > "level set"). I don't know how Dovetailed Technologies does > maintenance for a company with a maintenance contract. Perhaps Kirk will say. > > > > > > > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > > > -- > I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't > prove it. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
