[dracon]

If ista-P doesn't deal with f,g,i series and e series are not updating, why to release new version and keep data of F/G/I?

So for programming with bmw tools I would need to get ista+ and data from this ista-p would do, right? (don't use it normally, other tools cover those functions well)

Because it's a phased approach BMW is taking. F-series can still be programmed with ISTA-P but you need an IBAC code now to allow it. This allows BMW AG to permit a dealership to fallback to using ISTA-P in the case of some failure with ISTA-D programming they cannot fix immediately.

Over time, they'll probably stop updating ISTA-P altogether and remove all the F-series data from it as ISTA-D programming proves itself over time.