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From:	sime AT fly DOT cc DOT fer DOT hr (S. Mikecin)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: beta3 vs beta4 ?
Date:	13 Jan 1996 12:32:12 GMT
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Charles Sandmann (sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu) wrote:
: > I noticed that beta3 is still available (on id's site, anyway), even 
: > though beta4 is out...
: > Is there some difference that would make people (like me?) want beta3, or 
: > is it just to let people keep their distance from the "Bleeding Edge" ?

: Beta 4 has more changes (since beta 3) than any of the previous public
: releases.  This was because of DJ's hard disk failure and some major internal
: low-level changes that were made to fix some fundamental problems.  So, on
: some systems like W95 and NT a few things broke, so it's nice to be able
: to fall back on a working system while the final bugs are stamped out
: (and to compare source diffs).  The final release will be based on beta 4.
: If you were going to download something for the first time beta 4 would
: make more sense (since it fixes a large number of bugs).

What about Beta 9?
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