On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:49:24 -0500, Jay Maynard wrote: >Yes, there are indeed Linux package managers. They don't get beyond the >"replace the entire package" level. THey have no concept of individual >fixes and their interactions. > There's a hazard. Customers come to fear possible collateral damage from maintenance and demand that when possible each PTF address only one issue and have no prerequisites. This leads to cafeteria-style maintenance where the customer can choose among so many configurations that it's unlikely that the supplier will have tested each. The customer risks installing an untested configuration. If one fails it reinforces the customer's ,minimalism.
Regenerative maintenance phobia. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
