[Info-vax] Old work-arounds v. new <stdint.h> (et al.)

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-06-22, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2022-06-22 14:34:11 +0000, John Reagan said:
>
>> I'm not a huge fan of adding functionality with ECO kits but that is 
>> the plan at the moment.
>
> Neither am I, but no new versions on the existing VSI platforms, so 
> that means any new features or enhancements via ECO or UPDATE kits.
>

Then stick the new functionality in an UPDATE kit if those are the
only options.

Placing it in an ECO kit is wrong and I would have thought that VSI
would realise that, based on past history.

Also, the UPDATE kit release notes should be part of the public VMS
documentation so that the information they contain never gets "lost".

> Various new capabilities and features were added in a number of the 
> V8.4 UPDATE kits too, and were (only) documented in the patch notes.
>
> That was the enhancement strategy for ~five years or more, too. 
> Unfortunately, the (published) HPE documentation set was not updated.
>
> Whether the HP and HPE V8.4 UPDATE patch notes are now reflected in the 
> VSI doc, or if those late-era changes are now nearly forgotten, I've 
> not checked.
>

IIRC, VSI choose not to take some of the more recent HPE work at the
time VSI was formed.

Simon.

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