[pca] Wrong patches downloaded

Ben Taylor bentaylor.solx86 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 15 12:51:35 CET 2008


On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Ron Halstead <rdhalstead at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Mike. I'll use your reply as the root cause. Yes, it has to be
> perfect. My company is in the nuclear industry for the Department of Energy.
> Nuclear culture does not allow mistakes as they can cause things to "glow in
> the dark". Thus, the culture covers everything, including patching.

well, I hope that the rest of *their* process is as perfect as you are
looking for,
such as regression testing in a lab with new patches for  all existing
software,
rolling out  through live upgrade, and other such "RAS" processes that reduce
complexity and handle failures well.



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