Damage Control

I read an interesting post on Steven Chan's blog today about Consolidated Update patching versus Family Pack patching. Steven's basic premise is that, when given the choice, you're better off to apply a much larger Cosolidated Update patch than piecemealing your way through a series of smaller Family Packs. His logic is very sound and, frankly, I think he's right on the money. I won't rehash his entire article here, as you can follow the link and read it for yourself - it's worth reading just for the comparison of the differences between Consolidated Updates and Family Packs.The really interesting part of the discussion Steven kicked off is in the comments to his post. While many of us agree that Consolidated Updates are better than Family Packs, those of us who have applied CU2 to 11.5.10 are stuck with subsequent Family Packs as our only option. CU2 is well over two years old. Many issues have popped up since the release of CU2, and many of those issue are resolved through Family Packs (or, in some cases, Mini-Packs) released since CU2. Unfortunately, the only option for obtaining post-CU2 fixes is through Family Packs (or Mini-Packs). There is no CU3. In fact, in his executive Q&A at OpenWorld 2007, Cliff Godwin noted that there are currently no plans for creating a new 11.5.10.CU3 release. Nevertheless, many 11.5.10 customers see the need for a CU3. Some of us have stated the ne
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