Re: VMS upgrade path question

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From: martin%boot.decnet
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 16:47

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In article <1991Jun15.133712.1542@gp.co.nz>, gpwrmdh@gp.co.nz writes:
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> No, you don't remember correcly. V5.0 was a full VMS tape - "point nought" 
> releases always will be. During V4.x, the "point even number" (i.e, 4.0, 
> 4.2, 4.4, 4.6) were full VMS tapes. V4.7 definitely was not. The strategy 
> has changed for V5.x, with generally only the "dash releases" not being 
> full releases - I think V5.1 may be an exception to this. Certainly V5.0, 
> 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 have been full releases.
> 

Agreed that .0 releases are ordinarily full VMS releases but 5.0 was not a full
VMS tape because there was no working standalone backup for 5.0 or 5.1. 
Standalone backup was fixed with the release of 5.2, which was a full tape.

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From: martin%boot.decnet@edwards-tems.af.mil
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Subject: Re: VMS upgrade path question
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Date: 17 Jun 91 16:47:34 GMT
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