[c-nsp] 12.2SXF?

Tue Oct 17 09:09:34 EDT 2006

Just like to add name to the list of customers that find this abuse a 
little annoying.

There is a significant investment tied to the testing of a new IOS train, 
whereas we feel that a bugfixed
rebuild should be a safe migration path with minimal testing. Cisco more 
and more seems to ignore
the cost they are inflicting on their customer and the inherent 
devaluation of IOS's perceived stability.

This is something I've brought up with my account team on several 
occasions, but the more
it's said, the more I hope the right people get the message.

Thanks
Christian

Internet
tstevens at cisco.com

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16/10/2006 22:36

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Re: [c-nsp] 12.2SXF?

As Rodney says, it is a business decision whether a rebuild gets new 
features. SXF is the only active release vehicle we have at the 
moment, the next major release is months away.

Agree with you & others that this "rule" has been abused a bit lately...

Tim

At 07:45 PM 10/13/2006 -0400, Rodney Dunn commented:
>Just because you see it as a new feature doesn't always mean
>that. A lot of times the code is in SXF when the throttle is
>first pulled but we just can't get it all tested. When we do
>it comes up as "activated" ie: supported on a later release
>in the throttle.
>
>If the business demands it features will go in but we try very
>hard to make that a very rare exception. The possibility will always
>exist.
>
>Rodney
>
>On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:21:44PM +0200, lists at Hojmark.ORG wrote:
> > Tim,
> >
> > Your explanation below (and the system itself) made a lot of
> > sense to me. Do you know why the 'occasional exceptions' became
> > the norm in SXF, especially SXF2 and SXF5, which has a *lot* of
> > new features?
> >
> > TIA,
> > -A
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tim Stevenson [mailto:tstevens at cisco.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:57 AM
> > > To: lists at hojmark.org; 'Rodney Dunn'
> > > Cc: 'cisco-nsp'
> > > Subject: RE: [c-nsp] 12.2SXF?
> > >
> > > No, not really.
> > >
> > > SX[A,B,D-F] are new feature releases. A rebuild w/only bug
> > > fixes on one of these is followed by another numeral, ie, SXD4
> > > is the 4th rebuild of SXD.
> > > It has no new features, just bug fixes over SXD3, which has
> > > only bug fixes over SXD2, etc.
> > >
> > > There are (of course) occasionally exceptions to this (a
> > > minor new feature slips into a rebuild). These are generally
> > > rare.
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> >
> >
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Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500
Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com
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