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From: "Andrew Cottrell" <AndrewCottrell AT swiftdsl DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: RE: Re-evaluate DJGPP 2.04 release schedule?
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:59:40 +1000
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> * I don't have much spare time these days and when I do, I'm 
> feeling less and less inclined to spend it hacking on DJGPP. 
> After sitting in front of a computer at work all week, I'd 
> rather not do that for the entire weekend.
100% agree, I have been searching for a house and bought one two weeks ago. 
 
> * Not much work has been done on DJGPP in general recently.
This is what I am seeing as well.

> So I'm wondering if we should bugfix what we have and push 
> the nmalloc and C99 maths stuff into DJGPP 2.05 (whenever 
> that will come out). Then we could release 2.04 faster.
I agree. I cannot remember anyone saying that they need it because it is
requried by a program they are writing. I could have missed a post.
 
> Maybe I'll do more as the days get shorter and the nights get 
> longer here in the UK...
It's the opposite in Sydney.
 
> It worries me that few bugs have been reported in DJGPP 2.04 
> alpha 1. AFAICR only one or two bugs have been reported. 
> Maybe people just aren't using it.
Or it could be that people are not coming across the bugs.

> Are people using DJGPP much these days? Is it dying out?
I am using MS VS C++ more and more these days at work and as such less and
less DJGPP. I am thinking of taking a good look at Cygwin or MinGW or DEVC++
(MinGW derivative I think).

Andrew