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From: Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: release 3 of the DJGPP port of GNU grep 2.5.3 uploaded.
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:36:57 -0800 (PST)
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CBFalconer schrieb:
> Juan Manuel Guerrero wrote:
[snip]
> > Sorry, but I do not understand this.  There have been 3 releases or
> > updates of the port of grep 2.5.3.  These were necessary to fix bugs
> > and pending issues.  AFAIK it was always the rule to follow that
> > the new update or release replaces the old one; there is absolutly
> > no reason to keep a broken or unfinished version of the port.
>
> Yes there is - it allows the user to keep track of which version he
> is running.  For example, look at:     fileutils-4.1r7
> which has been repaired several times.

I am afraid that we are talking about different things.

1) I was talking all the time about the name of the zip file
and this must match the well known 8.3 filename restrictions.
In this particular case we are talking about grep253[bds].zip.
I will not change this name to something like this: grep253r3[bds].zip
to signal that it is the 3rd release.  If I really decide to make a
new
release there is a good reason for this (fixing a bug) and the old
zip file will be replaced by the new zip file with identical name.
This is the way it has been handled all the years and I will not
change this.

2) Something completely different is the name that
appears in the weekly Mini-FAQ.  I have no objections
in substituting the string "grep-2.5.3" with "grep-2.5.3r3".
That is ok but please note that I have no access to the
template of that file so I have to ask DJ to change it every time
I upload something to his ftp server.  I will talk to DJ to see
how this issue can be solved.  I hope I have really understood
what you want this time.

Regards,
Juan M. Guerrero