Re: More changes.. when does Beta end

[mrk@aps.anl.gov (Marty Kraimer)]

> From biocca@csg.lbl.gov Tue Jun 20 10:19 CDT 1995
> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 95 08:18:58 PDT
> From: biocca@csg.lbl.gov (Alan K Biocca)
> To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov, anj@ast.cam.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: More changes.. when does Beta end
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> Can we move out of Beta with a known bug that wasn't in previous releases?
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> Perhaps we should FREEZE all improvements and get the last few bugs out.
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> Alan K Biocca
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> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 08:34:53 -0500
> From: mrk@aps.anl.gov (Marty Kraimer)
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> Subject: Re: AO record DOL field fails with a CA link
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> This has not yet been fixed. The change actually has to be made to
> the database to channel access code. I have not had time to fix the problem,
> and the person who wrote the code is no longer here.
> 
> Marty Kraimer
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To the best of my knowledge this bug was in all previous releases.
In addition there is a simple "work-around". It is as follows

set up a soft ai record that has INP reference the record in the other ioc.
Let the DOL field reference the soft ai record. The soft ai record can
be passive. The dol field can specify PP and MS. This should work.

Thus I do not think that this bug is sufficient to stop beta13 from becomming
the official 3.12. If we allow this fix we will be opening the floodgates
with regards to changes.

Marty Kraimer