From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: ?? 2.00 -> 2.01
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 10:47:16 +0000
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George Foot wrote:
> 
> Why were the patches abandoned? Back in the v1 days, there were patches to
> add to old distributions... is this no longer possible? Surely much of the
> code comes out roughly the same, from v2-compiled to v2.01-compiled?

From what I understand, the patches were abandoned because they were
causing vast amounts of confusion for people.  Applying them in the
wrong order (I did this, btw); applying m4 but not m1, 2, or 3; applying
them and then downloading an original package, etc.  It just got too
difficult to keep track of everything.

In any case, the upgrade to v2.01 was more of a general upgrade, because
it affects nearly every DJGPP-compiled program.  You would still have to
rebuild anything you didn't download a fresh copy of.

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