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From: jan-erik...@telia.com (Jan-Erik Söderholm)
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by: Jan-Erik Söderholm - Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:25 UTC

Hi.

Just got a mail named "VMS Software Monthly Product Updates".

Looks as a nice initiative. This mails subjects are:

"OpenVMS TCPIP 6.0-19D for Integrity"
"Native C Compiler for x86 Field Test"
"OpenSSH V8.9-1C for Integrity and x86"
"OpenJDK 8 (8u342) for Integrity"

With links to the relevant VSi pages.

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From: arn...@vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
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by: Arne Vajhøj - Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:29 UTC

On 2/21/2023 8:25 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Just got a mail named "VMS Software Monthly Product Updates".
>
> Looks as a nice initiative.

Yes.

> This mails subjects are:
>
> "OpenVMS TCPIP 6.0-19D for Integrity"

I believe this is a major update that moves VMS forward.

> "Native C Compiler for x86 Field Test"

Which is great.

(and from elsewhere we know that the C++ compiler is also
being used out in the wild)

> "OpenSSH V8.9-1C for Integrity and x86"
> "OpenJDK 8 (8u342) for Integrity"

Those should just be regular upgrades.

The good thing is not the upgrade themselves, but the
fact that VSI seems to be committed to providing
upgrades regularly.

Arne

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From: craigbe...@nospam.mac.com (Craig A. Berry)
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by: Craig A. Berry - Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:30 UTC

On 2/21/23 1:29 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 2/21/2023 8:25 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:

>> "OpenSSH V8.9-1C for Integrity and x86"
>> "OpenJDK 8 (8u342) for Integrity"
>
> Those should just be regular upgrades.

OpenJDK is a minor update. OpenSSH was previously available until it
wasn't until it became available again with the new version just now.
So it could be regarded as new. And it's a major paradigm shift that
replaces a proprietary SSH service whose algorithms were always
out-of-date and that used a quirky scp server protocol that didn't match
what most scp clients do. I'm looking forward to (at last) being able
to try this.

> The good thing is not the upgrade themselves, but the
> fact that VSI seems to be committed to providing
> upgrades regularly.

Maybe the good news is both the specifics updates/upgrades and the fact
that they roll out on a regular basis?

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From: arn...@vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
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by: Arne Vajhøj - Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:41 UTC

On 2/21/2023 6:30 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 2/21/23 1:29 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 2/21/2023 8:25 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>
>>> "OpenSSH V8.9-1C for Integrity and x86"
>>> "OpenJDK 8 (8u342) for Integrity"
>>
>> Those should just be regular upgrades.
>
> OpenJDK is a minor update. OpenSSH was previously available until it
> wasn't until it became available again with the new version just now.
> So it could be regarded as new.

OK.

I know I have seen it before.

(I just checked - I seem to have a version 8.8 downloaded April 2022)

So I assumed that it was just a small update.

But you say that it is really the first version. Sort of like 9.2 is
first real x86-64 version.

> And it's a major paradigm shift that
> replaces a proprietary SSH service whose algorithms were always
> out-of-date and that used a quirky scp server protocol that didn't match
> what most scp clients do. I'm looking forward to (at last) being able
> to try this.

Yes.

All part of the very much needed modernization.

Arne

Subject	Author
Monthly Update	Jan-Erik Söderholm
Re: Monthly Update	Arne Vajhøj
Re: Monthly Update	Craig A. Berry
Re: Monthly Update	Arne Vajhøj