From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: DJGPP 2.04 
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:51:14 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <3D088781.7B6EE74C@phekda.freeserve.co.uk> from "Richard Dawe" at Jun 13, 2002 12:52:33 PM
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Richard's V2.04 thoughts:

> The changelog for 2.04 is quite long, so perhaps we should try a release
> soon. For an soon-ish release here's stuff that springs to mind:
> 
> * Sort out issues with timing routines on Win2k (if possible).
> * Test out symlink code a lot more - build lots of packages with it, test
> interoperability with Cygwin stuff.
> * Review and incorporate Alex Aganichev's regex fixes.
> 
> Here's what could go into 2.05:
> 
> * Alex Aganichev's locale patches;
> * CB Falconer's nmalloc patches;
> * Large File Summit-compliance (there are some issues with our current
> support for large files).

> Oops, forgot something major: support for C99 and the new POSIX standard.

My thoughts:

One new release, 2.04 (no 2.05, too much effort to get one done)
Best Win2K/XP support we can provide
Current standards compliance (C99/Posix)
CVS code fixes/locale fixes/malloc fixes/large file fixes, etc
Symlinks

Library module restructuring to enable making libc dynamic
DXE enhancement for dynamic libc - resolution to image size issues


One of the concerns I've had (and heard from others) is the size and
speed of CVS images vs current 2.03.  I think we could address this
in the plans for release.  I think we should rationalize how we want
to support all the internationalization (instead of 1Mb of linked
data in each image) at the same time.