poole@chx400.switch.ch (Simon Poole) (09/14/90)
Why the heck has cisco started to make their release notes absolutely useless? Why do I need a complete new manual for each software release? (Money is not a problem, but throwing away a complete set of manuals every three to four months, is in my eyes complete nonsense and seriously discredits cisco in my opinion.) I've had three TRouters upgraded from various software releases to 8.1, what I want is a list of changes from the 8.0 docs (which I have) to 8.1 (the release notes provide this) and how to use the new features (the release note do NOT help in this respect). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Poole poole@verw.switch.ch / poole@chx400.switch.ch / mcsun!chx400!poole ------------------------------------------------------------------------
neihart@mozart.amd.com (Carl Neihart) (09/19/90)
In article <1990Sep14.153954.16341@chx400.switch.ch> poole@chx400.switch.ch (Simon Poole) writes: > >Why the heck has cisco started to make their release notes absolutely >useless? Why do I need a complete new manual for each software release? hmmmm.... personally, I *LIKE* having a complete new manual. I do *NOT* like to determine which paragraphs/pages no longer apply in the existing manual due to the new release. I do not have time to go thru the whole manual and weed the corrected pages out from the correct pages. However, I agree a summary list itemizing the enhancements & bug fixes of each release is very important, and should be included as an insert at the beginning of the manual. regards, __ _ _ __ / ) // ' ) ) / _/_ / __. __ // / / _ o /_ __. __ / (__/ (_/|_/ (_</__ / (_</_<_/ /_(_/|_/ (_<__ +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Carl Neihart, Sr. Networking Engineer | | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | | Austin, Texas | | voice (512) 462-4050 | | fax (512) 462-5156 | | E-mail address: neihart@mozart.AMD.COM | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
poole@chx400.switch.ch (Simon Poole) (09/19/90)
In article <1990Sep18.193403.2126@mozart.amd.com> neihart@mozart.amd.com (Carl Neihart) writes: .... >hmmmm.... personally, I *LIKE* having a complete new manual. >I do *NOT* like to determine which paragraphs/pages no longer >apply in the existing manual due to the new release. I do not have >time to go thru the whole manual and weed the corrected pages out from >the correct pages. It's not that I like doing the work, but sometimes other things are more important, like conservation of natural resources..... Anyway, as cisco has told me and posted to this group, they do seem to have change pages from the 8.0 versions of the manuals to the current ones. It just seems as if there was a rather big communication failure between Menlo Park and Europe. o -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Poole poole@verw.switch.ch / poole@chx400.switch.ch / mcsun!chx400!poole ------------------------------------------------------------------------