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Subject: Don't start passing around pretest versions
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Date: 10 Jul 89 23:49:50 GMT
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1.35.92 is a pretest version.  It is not reliable!
It is also obsolete.

Inviting the general public to copy and use a pretest version is doing
no service to most of the readers who might act on the invitation.

I urge you not to copy pretest versions unless you want to be a
pretester.  And if you do want to pretest, you should pretest the
latest thing, not waste time on an old version.  Send me a message if
you want to be on the pretest list.  To do useful pretesting, you need
to be able to compile some large programs and debug them if they do
not work.