Watch out for details of our new software release strategy to be posted soon. Things will change (some for the better, some with the appropriate cons). We did agree many months ago with those customers who said that the patch release branches can become too unstable and/or risky for production networks with the continual addition of new features at a high rate turn-around. The releases were not fully tested, so that we could get the turn-around that was being demanded. The request was to separate a branch from the current base (like 5.0A) for patches *only* to provide a more secure/stable load for production networks with the existing feature set. Problems that arise now are that with the addition of numerous new features in the incremental branch, the sanity tests fail more often - so we don't release the binaries until that's fixed (the fixes being made at the same time as ongoing new features in this branch - that's the nature of the incremental branch, until a features-freeze). >I, like others, cannot run any release except recent patches >which included the new rockwell code, and has the latest SNMP MIB. > >for anyone using K56flex modem cards you must use 5.0ap{24,27} >for anyone who wants to be able to manage their MAX with NavisAccess >or be able to get stats on users, you can't use 56k modems (5.0ai13). The positive thing about the patch branch is that there are no new features that could introduce new unknowns into the code. To change that approach now would put us back to where we were 18 months ago. Kevin ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10044.html">Re: (ASCEND) The MAX TNT</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: ascend@digistar.com</LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09880.html">Re: (ASCEND) The MAX TNT</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Jim Howard <jhoward@lyceum.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09967.html">Re: (ASCEND) JBPC 5.0Ai4</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09962.html">(ASCEND) Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation on Pipeline 75</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09880.html">Re: (ASCEND) The MAX TNT</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10044.html">Re: (ASCEND) The MAX TNT</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail4.html#09968"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd208.html#09968"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>