On Wed 3 Mar, 1999, "Graham C. Knight" <grahamk(a)ast.lmco.com> wrote:
> sirbruce(a)ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > What do you mean by this? Simply smaller patches to the binary you can
> > install faster, or do you want to tinker with the source code?
> >
> > Bruce
>
>
> I mean, instead of running 5.1.2P1, P2, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, or D7
> (deep breath)
> I'd like to run 5.1.2 with the patches i feel i'd like to have.
Nice idea, in principle.
The problem is that the infrastructure that would have to be put into the
embedded OS, and the system files, or into additional user-tools across
admin-host platforms, would be a heck of a stumbling block. And we, the
customers, would likely see reduced reliability and responsiveness from
NetApp as a result of the extra work and the extra complexity needed to
achieve this.
I, for one, am happier with the scheme that pertained about a year-and-a-
ago where a release was tested very thoroughly before release and was
current for more than 7 days before breakfix patching was desperately
required! And where I got told by my SE's that we should be going with a
specific patched release because they knew of problems with the main one.
Having capabilities that you don't require along with ones you do is
hardly a problem, so long as they're tested and don't contribute problems
into the capabilities you DO want.
</rant> 8)
>
> Graham
>-- End of excerpt from "Graham C. Knight"