Jon, quite inexplicably, writes:
> Sorry, but I disagree. The numbering system has been consistent for
> many years, going back to the MPE/VE days. Here are the elements:
Consistent? Years? The *ONLY* thing that's been consistent is
the lack of understandability.
> RELEASE: C.55.01
> This is the release V.UU.FF. This particular V.UU.FF indicates
> 5.5 Express 1.
And the C is? Of course, that *is* the left-most (and, in English,
generally the most important) part of the version ID.
> MPE/iX HP31900 C.05.08
> This is the id of the MPE Operating System itself. While this
> probably isn't of much value to end customers, it is of great
> value to our support community -- when you report bugs, it helps
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Which includes many people on HP3000-L.
> concerned about these version numbers? Would you prefer an
> enhancement that spells out "Release 5.5 Express 1" to appear
> somewhere in the :SHOWME output?
Interesting suggestion. That would certainly clear up the problems
faced by many, perhaps most, users.
> Why is this important?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Maybe for the same reason you did the following:
> Jon Cohen
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> Hewlett Packard -- Commercial Systems Division
I.e., it provides useful information.
Jon...I simply won't waste bandwidth re-explaining the various problems in
the version numbering scheme (now and over the years ... but can
you say "4.5", "5.0 push", "5.0 pull", 6.0 (oops, 5.5?) ).
Heck...just *LOOK* at the 5.5 SHOWME middle thing ... users who haven't
read your posting will say: am I on 5.5 or 5.0? Or C.5?
Check HP3000-L archives from a year ago, when you'll see that HP formed a
committee of users and internal people to address the problem.
Unfortunately, one user became an HP employee (Hi Larry!), and the
committee seemed to disappear. (I was on it, and I still don't know
what happened!) Part of it was to address numbering systems, SHOWME,
Build IDs, and public release numbers. Oh well.
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Stan Sieler [log in to unmask]
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