Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 22:26:19 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199803130326.WAA11807@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: ichapman AT nortel DOT ca
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <3508269C.1C1C@nortel.ca> (message from Ian Chapman on Thu, 12
	Mar 1998 13:17:00 -0500)
Subject: Re: djdev202 alpha
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> 	what is djdev202 on simtelnet in the Alpha directory?  Is this the gnu
> 2.8.1 that all the mail is about?  Since it's only alpha I'd best stay
> away from it.

As we work on new versions of djgpp (the C library and utilities, not
the GNU ports), I put the "master" working copies in the alpha
directory.  These versions include all the new stuff we've added, but
in general have not been tested at all and usually contain bugs.
They're not always stable, but people sometimes use them anyway,
knowing that they may have to (or want to) fix bugs in it.

Basically, the alphas are just a copy of what's on my hard drive at
that time, so that all developers can stay in sync.

People using the alphas should subscribe to the djgpp-workers mailing
list and be prepared to submit *patches* (diff -c3 format), rather
than just bug reports, when they find something wrong with the
library.

Anyone is welcome to help develop new releases of djgpp, but please
expect your submissions to be very carefully reviewed and critiqued
before we accept it for the official distribution.

DJ