RE: 250 libraries again (was V3R1 QUSRTOOL, *PRDLOD)

This is good that they gave us this for V5R1.  What is bad, is that it will
not be supported in future releases (past V5R2).
Seems like the same issue of OS "breaking" programs, just at a later time.
O.K. that they are giving us 2 releases to "fix" the "problem" (which they
create), but then it is back to the arguments of legacy, no source code, no
support, ect...
Personally, I think that the switch should be supported in all future
releases and to prevent problems of new software from vendors forcing the
use of longer library lists.  I would vote for it being controlled at the
job level so that both old and new software can be run on the same box.
Hopefully, they will change their mind about dropping support for the switch
before they get beyond V5R2.



Joe Giusto II
Programmer/Analyst
Ritz Camera
Beltsville, MD
301-419-3209 x347
410-813-2812 x347

 -----Original Message-----
From:   owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Langston
Sent:   Tuesday, May 29, 2001 5:19 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        RE: 250 libraries again (was  V3R1 QUSRTOOL, *PRDLOD)

If this is, indeed, the way V5R1 works, that if you don't use more than
25 libraries everything works exactly the same as it did in older versions,
the I believe that IBM did the right thing.  This is the way I would expect
an upgrade of this nature to happen.

That way, if you don't use the new feature, more than 25 libraries in your
library list, you don't have to change a single thing.

But, if you decide to use this new feature, then you have to fix your code.

This is good, IMO, and if this is the way it works, Kudos to IBM!

Regards,

Jim Langston



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