Re: Python has landed?

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 10:02 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Let me try to explain 1.1.0.
It doesn't mean IBM i 1.1.0. It means 1.1.0 of IBM i Open Source
Solutions.

That's all well and good, but in the PTF listings, it's intermingled
with 7.2.0, 7.1.0, 6.1.0, etc. (see "All PTF Cover Letters by Release"
and "All PTF Cover Letters by Date").

And now that you say this, I am starting to understand that when IBM
says "All PTF Cover Letters by Number" what they really mean is "All
PTF Cover Letters by Miscellaneous Arbitrary Release Number that May
or May Not Be Your Operating System Version". (Stupid me, I *thought*
they meant a comprehensive listing by *PTF* number.)

At the top are several pages of a "Release 8.5" followed by even more
"Release 8.0" entries. I now see these are for Websphere Application
Server. But I have no way of knowing that unless I open one of the
cover letters. And even if I know beforehand what all the various
release numbers REALLY mean, that particular listing is virtually
useless for anyone looking for PTFs other than those for the latest
WAS.

Also, when you *do* have the bright idea of searching by word, you
have to be careful NOT to limit yourself to your own operating system.

Well, I suppose my ranting is lost on anyone who has invested the time
and effort understanding the PTF system. Let me just say, to anyone
that doesn't already have the Kool-Aid running through their veins,
this is not a data point which provides support for the notion that
the IBM i is an "easy to administer" platform.

John Y.