Jon Cohen writes:

> 6.0 Express 1
> is shipping now, but it is not required for Y2K compliance.

(I guess this is Jon's way of answering my "is it a PP or ER" post :)


However, the Response Center says:

  A "power-patch" is nothing more than the current group of
  general-release (GR) patches.

  An "express" is the package that includes the current power-patch AND
  the current subsystem tape.  The term "express" will be used when a
  subsystem has been changed such that the patch is not adequate-- at
  least one subsystem must be replaced in this case.  And of course that
  is also the case when a new product is added.

...which is exactly what I thought the definitions were (although I'd
quibble about the spelling of PowerPatch/power-patch :)

However, the Response Ceter went on to say:

  The term "express" should not have been used for release 60.01.  The
  Commercial Systems Division (CSY) decides whether to call a release
  "express" or not-- their current definition does not match exactly the
  definition you and I have been using since who-knows-when.  They decided
  to call 60.01 an "express" because "a change was made"-- which is true--
  but the change did not affect a subsystem, only an internal structure.

  The truth is: the update from 60.00 to 60.01 DOES NOT REQUIRE a
  subsystem tape UNLESS you are adding a new product.

So...it's a PowerPatch after all.

Jon...will HP start referring to this as just PP1 instead of ER1?

thanks,

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