Re: Service Pack 2 Release Date?

From: JustMee (me_at_nowhere.com.invalid)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 14:16:57 -0700

I have to say, thanks for an interesting and informative post. I am
glad to hear that a computer with SP1 and all the hotfixes installed
then having SP2 applied will equate to a clean install of SP1 and SP2.
I was really not looking forward to having to reinstall, just to get
rid of possible problems related to the hotfixes.

JM

On Thu, 20 May 2004 21:51:35 +0100, "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]"
<mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote:

>The "mid -year 2004" is a time frame as mid year is not usually considerer
>to be a precise date.
>So yes that is all there is to say about the release date.
>There are not "problems" with the SP2 dev that are precluding a published
>specific date -. You need to understand that on a 200MB+ service pack that
>is touching hundreds of files and adding new functionality - we are dealing
>with a huge and complex software development project, that is touching
>millions of lines of code in dozens of interconnected components and
>systems.
>Until we and those involved in testing are happy to sign off on the build
>then we will be able to release it to manufacture.
>Yes we have a schedule to work to, but the end date is flexible and movable
>when your target is a quality driven release. and not a fixed end date so
>must ship it whatever state it is in.
>So Mid 2004 is Summer 2004 (in the northern hemisphere at least - hence our
>use of a date and not season based statement)
>You do not need to wait to slipstream.
>A Windows XP SP1 plus hotfixes that has SP2 applied to it is the same result
>as a bare Windows XP system patched to SP2 or a clean install with a slip
>streamed SP2, as regards the operating system components. If you wish to
>clean install then it is not for any reason related to the resultant
>operating system install.
>--
>Regards,
>
>Mike