Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/02/05/10:03:19
On Mon, 5 Feb 1996, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> On Mon, 5 Feb 1996, Martynas Kunigelis wrote:
>
> > Maybe I'm wrong, but I think after every beta release a list
> > should be posted of *everything* that has changed: bugfixes etc., so people
> > don't have to download and can simply upgrade. I personally would love to
> > know what's new in beta5. Hope to be heard...
>
> What's wrong with running ``diff -c -r'' on the old and new directories?
> That's what I do, anyway. Makes me immune to possible errors and
> omissions of whoever prepares the list you are asking for (what with the
> weird hours those persons work ;-).
>
> IMHO, beta releases are for a small group of beta-testers who could be
> trusted to master simple chores such as comparing two distributions.
>
I meant I want to know the differences *without* downloading beta5. So I
would know what _parts_ of it should I get. Sorry if I sounded _dumb_.. I
hope I'm not... 8-)
Martynas Kunigelis
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