[Info-vax] Updated VMS Roadmap

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 07-01-2010 14:24, Marc Van Dyck wrote:
> on 7/01/2010, Guy Peleg supposed :
>> On Jan 7, 6:33 am, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
>>> IanMiller wrote:
>>>> Note Previous vms release was V8.3-1H1 in Nov 2007
>>>
>>> But that was just to add support for some new IA64 boxes (blades as I
>>> recall). It didn't add new functionality to VMS per say and didn't
>>> affect Alpha VMS.
>>
>> 8.3-1H1 contains many performance related changes and should be used
>> by
>> anyone using Itanium. There are also few new features hidden in the
>> release
>
> Is the migration from 8.3 to 8.3-1H1 a straightforward one, or should
> everything be re-tested again ? Can I consider migrating from 8.3
> to 8.3-1H1 like if I was just applying a set of patches ?

If testing is important, then you test after each patch you apply.

If testing is just somewhat important, then the chance of a
VMS x.y to x.y-1 upgrade breaking anything is extremely small.

Arne