Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 14:50:11 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii To: "A.Appleyard" Cc: DJGPP AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: v2 bugs (was: Misc) In-Reply-To: <3AB225146FC@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, A.Appleyard wrote: > (1) Many djgpp messages contain an alarming-sounding succession of v2 bug > reports. Where is an up-to-date V2 bug list? I am unwilling to switch to v2 > until I know what bugs it has, so early in its development and history. Just my $0.02: 1) I'm not aware of any software that doesn't have bugs. In fact one of the definitions of software is just that: ``lines of code with bugs''. Corollary: if you wait for bug-free software, you'll wait forever. 2) People don't usually post ``no-bug reports'', hence the impression that v2 has too many bugs to be fit for production work. In fact, v2 is stable enough for commercial applications to be developed with it. 3) v2.0 has less bugs than v1.12maint4, and what's more important, if you find a bug in v2.0, you have a good chance of having it identified and corrected in a matter of days, whereas with v1.x, you're on your own. So don't hesitate to upgrade. P.S. An automatic bug-tracking system is at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/beta/bugs/, but don't count on it to list all the bugs that are known, because most people don't bother reporting the bugs there (which is a pity). P.P.S. Some of the bugs for which solutions were posted to c.o.m.d., should be corrected in the latest uploads to SimTel. Be sure to download them.