Re: [AD] Allegro 4.2.0 RC2

[StApostol <stapostol@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/29/05, Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Yep, I agree.  Let's forget about it.  I've been thinking about dropping
> > the patch, SRPM and -enduser.tar.gz packages as well, but maybe I have
> > had fast internet for too long.
> >
> 
> I think we can drop them all.
> 
> - patch: Allegro isn't that big, even for dialup users - i'm still on
> dialup, and the hassle to get diff working under windows defeats the
> time saved to download the 2MB. Are the download statistics available
> for the patch? (Right now SF times out on me.)
> 
> - SRPM: I never understood the point of it, but maybe I'm using Debian
> for too long.
> 
> - enduser seems useful in theory, but then, I wouldn't know of any game
> where I could drop in an upgraded liballeg.so.
> 
> --
> Elias Pschernig

Yep drop the patch. The hassle of applying the diff is greater than
that of downloading the 2MB (about 8 and a half minutes).


On 2005-08-28, Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think it's a combination of various factors:
> - being wary of reaching 4.2.0, after which we have less flexibility in
>  what changes we want to make;
> - always wanting to stick in "one last feature/bugfix";
> - starting too early with the betas (IMHO most of them could have just
>  been WIPs, but we did get a lot more bug reports);
> - being a bit sloppy.

I think the increased number of bug reports came from writing about
the release in Gamedev and prompting users to upgrade. BTW, I'm
writing about this release right now.