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.



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> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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