Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:51:41 +0200 From: "Eli Zaretskii" Sender: halo1 AT zahav DOT net DOT il To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Message-Id: <7458-Fri17Nov2000105140+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> X-Mailer: Emacs 20.6 (via feedmail 8.3.emacs20_6 I) and Blat ver 1.8.6 In-reply-to: <8v1ivd$20a$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (dchrist_dnai_com@my-deja.com) Subject: Re: GNU Software for MS-Windows and MS-DOS References: <8v1ivd$20a$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > From: dchrist_dnai_com AT my-deja DOT com > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp > Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:18:47 GMT > > > > Until now, there were 2 editions (edition 1.0 and 1.0revised), > > and edition 2.0 is currently in the works. > > 1. I'm recommending the software to my client, but > http://www.fsf.org/order/order.html indicates "NOTE: OUT OF STOCK until > new edition is prepared". Ah, *that* new edition. That would be the one I mentioned above, which is in the works as we speak. > 2. Questions I need to answer before client adopts the software: This is not really the right forum to post those questions. There's an email address on the FSF site to send questions. However, since this is somewhat relevant to DJGPP... > a. Which operating sytems are supported? All Microsoft operating systems and close work-alikes: MS-DOS, all versions of MS-Windows (including ME and 2000), DR-DOS, FreeDOS, OS/2 DOS Box, and Linux DOSEmu. > b. What are the features/ limitations of the package and its > components on supported operating systems? I don't understand the question. The CD includes ports of GNU software to the above-mentioned OSes. Each package has its features and limitations, but I don't think you wanted me to list all of them here. > c. Will it allow long filenames? Yes. > d. Will it allow long command lines? Yes. To support all these (and other) features adequately on every OS, the CD actually has 2 ports of each package: the DJGPP port and the Cygwin port. The former should be used on DOS, Windows 9X/ME, and DOS emulators such as OS/2 and DOSEmu, the latter on native MS-Windows from Windows 95 and up. > a. Release notes for Edition 1.0 (Find "release" only yields > D:\gnu\bash1147\RELEASE). > > b. Release notes for Edition 1.0 Revised. > > c. Anitipated bug fix/ feature list for Edition 2. There are no release notes, only the book that accompanies the CD. You need to understand that the bulk of the CD is GNU packages, and each edition picks up the latest ported versions. So the new features and bugfixes are simply the sum total of whatever new features and bugfixes are present in the new ports. Each packages normally comes with a NEWS file, where these are listed. The only ``bugs'' that are considered to be part of the CD preparation are those in the installation procedures and in the book. Fortunately, those are so minor that they aren't worth mentioning ;-) > 4. I own one copy of the software. My CD says "CD-ROM Edition 1, June > 1998". I assume this is Edition 1.0. Yes. > I would like to obtain the other edition (1.0 Revised?) until > Edition 2 is out. You can't, at least not from the FSF, because both of these editions are sold out (out of stock). You could try looking in book shops for the book which comes with the CD, perhaps some shop still has copies. > Windows doesn't seem to be able to copy the CD (chokes on filenames > that differ only by case) ???? What file names are those, and how did you try to copy the CD contents? Also, what error messages, exactly, did you see?