Re: beta3

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From: Tim Wilkinson (tim@transvirtual.com)
Date: Tue Dec 08 1998 - 11:26:26 EST


Godmar,

Okay - but I don't want it to run more than a couple of hours if we can -
I'm away soon and want this out before I'm gone.

> >
> > Okay - so I'm going to roll the final Beta 3 tar ball in about 15
> > minutes (830am in my timezone) unless anyone has any major reason why
> > not. Please make sure any changes are in by then.
> >
>
> Tim, can we at least address the unresolved problems?
>
> That is:
>
> * doesn't pass tests suite.

I'm working on it.

>
>
> * possible breakage of Vector.clone()

Just fixed and checked in.

>
>
> * -Wall warnings abound.

I know this should bother me more than it does but I'm not too concerned
over this one.

>
>
> * Edouard's comments.

Let's deal with the major ones - the volatile I don't care too much about
since Kaffe doesn't honorthem anyhow.

>
>
> I agree to rush stuff out to people.
>
> However, unlike Linux, kaffe does not have a stable release cycle.
> Instead, a lot of people consider the betas "stable releases", even
> though the name says otherwise.
>
> Releasing the current snapshot will only give us a lot of problems
> because we'll have to answer and fix questions; it also makes it less
> usable for people to refer to.
>
> - Godmar

 Tim

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