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From: "Blaine Hodge" <bhodge AT gpu DOT srv DOT ualberta DOT ca>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: DJGPP 2.02 Beta 981027
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:29:50 -0700
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Coolness, what features can we look forward to in the new release?

-----Original Message-----
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Date: October 27, 1998 8:13 PM
Subject: DJGPP 2.02 Beta 981027


>
>On Simtel.Net, int he v2/beta/981027 directory, is the first beta
>version of DJGPP 2.02.
>
>What does "Beta" mean?
>
>Beta means that this set of zip files could become the next official
>release, if we don't find any bugs in it that warrant fixing.  We
>expect it to work, but we don't *know* that it will work, and would
>feel better if it were tested more completely.  We expect this version
>to be complete and fully functional, at least for the functionality
>that we expect to be there.
>
>It also means that, until the official release, I'm not applying any
>more features or additions to the code.  The only changes from here to
>the release will be bug fixes, specifically those that are significant
>enough to warrant holding up a release.  It also means that we need as
>many people as possible to test it, to make sure that there aren't any
>major bugs hidden in it.  At least, no *new* bugs :-)
>
>Please download these zips (or at least the djdev202.zip one) and try
>it out on your projects and systems, and report bugs back to us.  If
>there are no major problems in the next, oh, few weeks or so, I'll
>make it an official release!
>
>DJ
>