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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.

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