> On 10 Sep 2025, at 07:23, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shirley you know
Are you using voice to text :) > that not only is that not true but that IEBUPDATE and IEBUPDTE have nothing > to do with VM service. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of > Jon Perryman <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 4:34 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Product build using CMS vs TSO Was: Pipelines = you don't > understand z/OS > > > External Message: Use Caution > > >> On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 19:42:28 +0000, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Right of the bat, that process works at the granularity of an entire member. >> With XEDIT it's easy to have multiple people testing changes to the same >> member with a merge process that's normally very quick. > > Surely you must know that IEBUPDTE / VMFUPDAT is considered unreliable for > critical system components when trying to allow multiple users changing a > member at the same time. Maybe things have changed but I suspect not. > IEBUPDTE & VMFUPDAT existed for decades and product build never implemented > the process. > > It requires the developer consider every change since the source was pulled. > It's much simpler to come to an agreement than chasing down changes. If > IEBUPDTE was the solution, then it could be used. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
