Re: [suse-sles-e] What is SP1

From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) (rdassen_at_novell.com)
Date: Fri Mar 18 2005 - 17:21:44 CET


Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:21:44 +0100
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <rdassen@novell.com>
Message-ID: <20050318162144.GA3070@tapir.cpl.novell.com>
Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] What is SP1

On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 15:56:44 +0000, Gordon Ross wrote:
> We've been using YaST to periodicly check for updates (and applying them)
> So what does SP1 give us that we don't already have ?

Not much.

> Is SP1 a major bugfix/upgrade, or is it just a bundle of the updates I've
> been using to date ?

From the perspective of a single system, it's just a bundle of the updates.
In the larger context a service pack provides a synchronisation point (for
users, vendors (think certification), support) and (as a service pack is
released as a set of ISO images) updated installation media (think systems
hardware that has only recently become properly usable with Linux).

HTH,

-- 
Ray Dassen
Engineer, European Support Centre, Novell Inc.
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