Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 16:52:55 +0200 (EET)
From: Martynas Kunigelis <algikun AT santaka DOT sc-uni DOT ktu DOT lt>
To: DJGPP mailing list <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Beta 5 changes?
Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.960205165057.7140B-100000@santaka.sc-uni.ktu.lt>
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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