X-Authentication-Warning: smtp3.ihug.com.au: Host p154-tnt8.syd.ihug.com.au [203.173.147.154] claimed to be acceleron Message-ID: <001701c162ba$7af46280$0a02a8c0@acceleron> From: "Andrew Cottrell" To: , "Charles Sandmann" References: <10111010650 DOT AA14664 AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> Subject: Re: Win2K/XP status - next steps? Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:48:49 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com > If we do a release based on 2.03 (refresh or 2.04) it's low risk, > minor changes (to the library) but requires rebuilds of many of > packages to be useful. (In reality a few exe's in packages could > be updated, but this might be haphazard). > > So what's next? A 2.03 refresh? Then 2.04 when bugs are worked out? > Start putting new packages up using 2.04 that don't have the bugs? > Key images refreshed using 2.03 plus patches? I think that it may be prudent to re-build all of the packages I have re-built using the updated 2.03 LIBC and use these binary packages to update the binary files on Simtel with the only change besides using the updated LIBC to ensure that the manifext\.ver file indicates that the package was built with 2.03 LIBC from xx-Nov-2001. An example of diff 2.7.2 ver file could be dif272b GNU Diffutils 2.7.2 built with LIBC of 01-Nov-2001 This will allow users to check the binary files and it will be easy to check all of the updated files in one directory. The BIGGEST problem is that Bash 2.05 needs to be officially released even though it may not have been tested to death yet, if people disagree then look back over the problems I have encounted with Bash............. Another smaller issue is that of Rhide compatability with Win2K / XP. The version on Simtel needs to be checked to ensure that it works under Win 2K / XP, in other words the version of Rhide at simtel needs to be updated to either 1.4.7.9 or 1.4.9 (I just downloaded 1.4.9 and run it and it did not complain about djgpp environment missing so it may be okay). The 2.04 LIBC has allot of changes in it and there are allot of bugs and quirks in it, but they are generic issues that are not specific to Win 2K or XP. The more changes that are done to the 2.04 the more bugs are introduced and I personally think that it is almost stable enough to release as an alpha release one the following are fixed:- 1) Info does not work correctly. It is a termios issue with LIBC 2.04 and not a Win 2K / XP issue. 2) less has problems with input. Enhanced keys don't work, and text input (eg when searching) is shown double (eg a search for foo shows '/ffoooo' in the status line). Not Win2K specific (libc 2.04 problem). These two issues will cause users to report allot of bugs. These issues appear to be with termio LIBC functionality. I have not had allot of time over the last month to devote to fixing these as I would have liked, but thats life. If 2.04 is not released as an alpha this year then when will it be???? Andrew