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From: | CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Old Files in Current DJGPP directories |
Date: | Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:45:09 -0500 |
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DJ Delorie wrote: > >> Is there a reason you keep old versions of software in the >> current directory? > > If you mean the ftp site, the reason is that nobody has pointed > out which old versions we no longer need there. Note that we > don't automatically retire a version when a new one is uploaded; > there's a delay to make sure the new version works. Sometimes > we keep an older version around for compatibility (like the > certain gcc version that is the last one with Pascal support). > > If you want to audit the files and suggest things that can be > retired, go ahead, and if others agree I'll retire them. Have you developed a method of ensuring that a new release has no new bugs? If so, please publish it. -- [mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) [page]: <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> Try the download section.
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