We have just upgraded our IFS instance from 25.2.3 to 25.2.9. No problem with the upgrade, but to our big surprise, we saw that several IFS core components were dropped with this lift. Is that really ok? A service update should only contain high priority bug corrections.
This is an extract from the _obsoletes.log found in the database_apply folder after the upgrade:
Drop of component AT
Remove internal component "AT - Automated Tests"
Drop of component DEMO
Remove internal component "DEMO - Demo Installation"
Drop of component DEMOCD
Remove internal component "DEMOCD - Demo CD"
Drop of component FNDADS
Drop of component FNDINT
Remove internal component "FNDINT - Foundation1 Internal"
Drop of component GETUTL
Remove internal component "GETUTL - Global Extension Utility"
Drop of component RCMINT
Drop of component SEROBJ
If I diff the prifs component, and the folder source/prifs/database, for the source and target version of IFS, I can see that drp scripts are added for all of these components, which causes them to be dropped.
As I wrote initially, this did not cause any harm since it seems to be internal IFS components, but I would still say that this is not an ok action in a service update.
What is your opinion?
Cheers
