> From:          [log in to unmask]
> Date:          Tue, 18 Nov 97 12:24:42 -0700
> Subject:       Re: Stage/iX feedback URGENTLY needed.
> To:            [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]

> Scott McClellan wrote:
>
> > Currently Patch/iX is the only supported patch tool that is
> > integrated with Stage/iX (this may be why Patch/iX and Stage/iX
> > sometimes get confused with each other).
>
> Do you anticipate other (patch) tools becoming integrated with Stage/iX ?
I would *very tenatively* predict the following:

* AUTOPAT will not be modified.
* AUTOINST and HPSINSTALL will not be modified anytime soon

Patch/iX is officially the patch installation tool of choice. The HP
R&D lab will fix problems with that tool as necessary. We would like
to see AUTOPAT go away. Integrating Stage/iX into AUTOINST and
HPINSTALL would have the benefit of making full OS releases stagable,
but has some signficiant technical hurdles to overcomes. Stage/iX
itself is capable of staging every file in a full OS release, but
there are many issues with I-files, submittal specs, products, etc.

                                 Scott McClellan
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