Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!targon!gert
From: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The Upgrade Process
Summary: Upgrades through the net help to stablize releases.
Keywords: WAITING P-H release upgrade
Message-ID: <1108@targon.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 90 15:26:10 GMT
References: <14589@nigel.udel.EDU> <589@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> <3867@plains.UUCP> <12576281204007@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <6120@star.cs.vu.nl>
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In article <12576281204007@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> SHARKEY@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Scott A. Sharkey) writes:
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>There is no real excuse for
>the long ( >6 months) delay between when Andy posts to the net and P-H (maybe)
>decides to offer a new version.  

In article <6120@star.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
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>I could solve the "delay" problem by not posting
>anything until the week before P-H has the boxes in stock.
>
>Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

I don't think you can, well at least not with the same result  or am I wrong?

Posting new releases to the net has proved to help a lot in getting bugs
out.     Even if you double check everything there would be smaller or
bigger glitches that only show up when {you have a such size of disk partion|
use protected mode|must do everthing under minix :-) |have a brand x controller
|you compile on [ST|Amiga|Mac|etc] }.  You will get the idea...

So those who upgrade from the net suffer more to make sure the P-H release
will be a stable one. (but comes much later :-)

Gert Kanis
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