Re: TK Added Value Items - Take 2

--- In [email protected], "halfmeg" <opplr@...> wrote:
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> So I guess, after all this musing, my questions are:
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> 1.  Should and/or how would a single repository for software added to
TK exist?

Having worked in the capacity of being a "code cop" for application
code, I found the idea of a single code repository, in theory, an
excellent idea.  In practice, the repository is hard to implement.

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> 2.  Should items like the Compiler Pack be incorporated into a TK CD ?

Yes.

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> 3.  Should a minimal TK (1) be available for quick download for trial
and the 'CD' have the kit and kaboodle ?

I would like to suggest "packages", each depending on the previous

    1. base operating system ("vanilla" as delivered by IBM)
    2. utilities (other than those include in the above).
    3. development tools (i.e. compiler pack)

    4. applications
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> 4.  Who's going to write the documentation?

Unfortunately, most techies I know (including me) don't like writing
documentation.

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> Phil - gotta go again
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> (1)  the public BETA test will most likely be very similar to this
one, no SMP, MVSSRC or CBT DASD basically res, spool and work packs.
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