Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:42:02 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: time for a release?
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On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, DJ Delorie wrote:

> Is there anything else we should do before
> trying to release DJGPP V2.01?

Is it beta release or a final one?  If it's beta, then I'd ask to include
the latest changes to `system' and `dosexec' (see my other mail).  Here
are a few more things in the library that I think should be taken care of
(it might be done during the beta phase, although I'd suggest doing them
before a beta release): 

	- POSIX_ARGS_MAX definition
	- Additional defines for <sys/config.h> (I will post them today)
	- Inconsistency between `stat' and `fstat' concerning time fields 
on Windows 95 (the fields that aren't supported on MSDOS are handled 
correctly by `stat', courtesy of Charles, but `fstat' doesn't use the 
Windows 95 calls that allow to get the same info by the file handle).  It 
is intolerable IMHO for `stat' and `fstat' to disagree on the info they 
return for a given file: it will cause all kinds of subtle bugs in ports 
of Unix programs.

There are numerous things regarding the ports of utilities (most of them 
wait for me, I know :-(), but that can be finished during the beta phase.

It is still too early for the final release, IMHO.