Re: Finding new IBM i Features etc.

On 03-Feb-2012 11:18 , Kurt Anderson wrote:

Was recently semi-frustrated by the lack of dates on this apar for
the qteRetrieveDebugAttribute api. Says the bug was reported in v5r4
but is scheduled for fix in 7.2 (how many years apart are those
releases?) Maybe it the bug was found recently on a v5r4 system. I
don't know - can't tell from the link.

http://www-912.ibm.com/n_dir/nas4apar.NSF/b6c9b771e38b5ea2862564c00079d110/1a676fc8e6c2ba2486257871003c76b3?OpenDocument

I have also been very frustrated by the lack of tracking dates [open and "close" most notably] on the APAR and PTF documents that are published. However the above APAR SE47693 found via the "support portal" search gives "Modified date: 2011-04-13" as part of the information. The 7.2 as proposed fixed-in release is consistent for a "fixed in a future release [UR1]" closure; i.e. primary aim being the next release after the currently GA or a very nearly GA release. See this alternative link to that same APAR, showing that modification date:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas21a676fc8e6c2ba2486257871003c76b3

Even so, that date is not very meaningful because the modification may not necessarily reflect the "close" date, i.e. when the status changed to "Status.... CLOSED UR1", and may instead reflect any potential update to the APAR [text, release(s), etc.] since closure.

Regards, Chuck