mgetty 0.99 productive?

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Tue, 21 Nov 1995 22:18:33 +0100


Hi,

Uwe Storbeck wrote:
> > > Where can I get this two viewers (g3view and viewfax)?
> > > In which packet are they included?
> 
> > They are included in mgetty098 + up, in frontends/X11, and can be found
> > on ftp.leo.org separately as well.
> 
> Ooops, I've installed 0.98 and I've looked into subdirs like fax and tools,
> but frontends I've totally ignored. May be from time to time I have to reread
> ALL READMEs ;-)

*grin* -- I admit that the docs are wide-spread and sometimes confusing :)

> > greenie (login: nuucp, 089/3545988):/pub/uploads/mgetty099.tar.gz
> 
> Is it a stable (i.e. productive) one or is mgetty since 0.9x following the
> kernel numbering scheme with productive and devel versions on even
> respectively odd numbers?

Actually, it is like in the linux kernel, the "odd" numbers are test
releases, with a date stamp, while the "even" numbers are real "releases"
(just *one* 0.98). Nevertheless, 0.99 is quite stable, since I didn't
change any basic things (yet).

gert

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