Managing Software Changes (G06.25+, H06.03+, J06.03+)

Managing Software Changes—427169-005
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A What Is in a Softdoc
A software release document, commonly known as a softdoc, provides information
regarding a software product revision (SPR). Softdocs supplement a product’s manuals
with information about:
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Interproduct and intraproduct revision relationships
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Installation and migration considerations
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New features
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Problems corrected
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Known problems still remaining
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Other information about the revision deemed important enough to be issued with
the revision rather than waiting for the appropriate manual to be updated and
distributed
Softdocs for both initial and successive product version updates contain the same
sections with these exceptions:
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An initial PVU softdoc does not include Superseded SPRs and Requisite SPRs
sections.
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A successive PVU softdoc does not include a Migration Considerations section.
Softdocs for each revision of the same product version are cumulative, incorporating all
the information from softdocs of preceding revisions of the same product version.
Softdoc Sections
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Product Name is the official name of the product.
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Product Number is the product number (Tnnnn), followed by the product version
suffix; for example, T7862G05.
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Date contains the date value that appears within the name of the version
procedure (the "Vproc date") for the SPR. This value serves only as a
supplementary identifier for the SPR. It does not correspond to any particular event
in time associated with it. In particular, it is not the date on which the SPR was
released.
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PVU Number indicates the SPR ID, which is the product number (Tnnnn) plus a
three-letter successive PVU suffix (aaa).
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Copyright Notice indicates the year this softdoc was released.