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From: ewilts@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ed Wilts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Newpop v4.0
Message-ID: <1991May16.095614.8279@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca>
Date: 16 May 91 15:56:14 GMT
References: <1991May15.172548.13353@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>
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In article <1991May15.172548.13353@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>, set@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Steve E Tietze ) writes:
> I just unlharced newpop v4.0 to find out that it freezes my AmigaDos screen
> with WB 1.2  is their anything that can be done about this?
> 
> this is from the readme file
> 
> If you don't have WB 1.3.2+ and thus can't get Newpop to detach, then I don't
> feel sorry for you...  Life is moving on and Newpop will most likely be 2.0 onlywithin months of the official release for Commodore...
> 
> come on man this program should work on all WB's
> 
> if their has been a change or if their is a way for the WB 1.2.
> 
> Please Email set@phobos.cis.ksu.edu
> 

Although I don't know why it freezes on 1.2 (Loren?), specifying a minimum
release level of WB 1.3 is perfectly legitimate.  The Enhancer 1.3 package has
been publicly available for about 2 years, and developers are quite justified
in saying that 1.3 should be a minimum.  I wouldn't expect NewPop to work on
AmigaDos 1.0 or 1.1, either.

As a general rule, expect software developers to allow for UPWARDS
compatibility, not DOWNWARDS compatibility.  Something that works on 1.2 should
work on 1.3, not the other way around.
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