[Info-vax] Where to locate software

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-06-09 12:58:12 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:

> Now, why was I expecting just that. Instead of some useful tips...

I've spent the last couple of weeks dealing with this particular 
question secondary to some software package and tools updates, and was 
striving to be civil about the current state of software packaging and 
related documentation on OpenVMS.

That work has involved establishing what should be some simple product 
dependencies — akin to what app stacking or containers or other forms 
of packaging would routinely encounter — and the results have been 
stupidly complex.

Knowing that there isn't any documentation and that there isn't any 
particular consistency here and that there aren't vendor 
recommendations — certainly not akin to the app bundles and containers 
that are available on some other platforms — is useful.

Anybody got a copy of the DEC 1988-vintage software engineering 
handbook?  That was the closest I've encountered outside of the modular 
procedures, and the handbook is both massively outdated and not 
directly on point here.




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