Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 17:53:38 -0600 (CST)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: new files?
To: dj AT delorie DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO
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>> I noticed that several large DJGPP2 zipfiles have really recent dates
>> (today or yesterday).  Why is this, and how important is it to download
>> the new versions?
>
>Eli answered this, but to repeat, it was mostly a few remaining bugs
>and packaging issues.  You only need to upload the new files if you're
>having problems with the old ones, but you might want to update
>djdev200.zip anyway to get the fixed ftell().
>
>For the record, I'm not doing maint releases for V2.  They caused too
>much confusion in V1.  The next V2 release (well, officially) will be
>2.01.  The GNU programs will be updated asynchronously to core
>releases (hence the separate directory) as new releases come out.

That's fine, but why don't you at least provide a log of major changes
(like the NEWS files in some GNU programs) so that people can know what
has changed?

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