Chapter 16. Managing Hotfixes and Service Packs
Philosophy: When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say, uneventful... | ||
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Captain Smith was planning to retire after the maiden voyage of Titanic.
When companies or groups start producing hotfixes or service packs for their released products, it is usually a rude awakening of how good or bad their build processes are. If they have a solid build/release process, creating hotfixes or service packs is rather painless. Conversely, if they do not have good processes in place, this is exposed in a painful way. The good news is that, the majority of the time, the hotfix or service pack problems ...
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