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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Larry
Howard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 04, 2004 7:13 PM<BR><B>To:</B> A list for
GME users to share thoughts and discuss bugs and fixes.<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[gme-users] Status of 4.5.18?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Warning: Rant!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>What kind of release is 4.5.18 (alpha,
beta, release candidate, final)?<SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
color=#0000ff>We always had internal and external releases. All
releases residing on the atlantis file server only are intended for
internal testing. GME releases on the web are public/external
releases.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
color=#0000ff>GME 4.5.18 can be downloaded from the web. It is
a public release.</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>What bugs are fixed since 4.3.17?<SPAN
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color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
color=#0000ff>Fixed bugs and new features are listed in the readme.txt
file. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Does the GME team advocate distributing
4.5.18 over 4.3.17?<SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
color=#0000ff>Yes. "External release" means exactly
this.</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there a roadmap for planned GME
releases?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does the GME team plan to begin using a release
process that allows external users to be involved in settling down new
releases?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This "GME on such and such a date" thing is
totally stupid: it tells nobody (other than perhaps the developers) anything
useful. It is just more evidence of the GME Now vs. GME Then
"philosophy" that I've ranted about in the past. I strongly
advocate that the GME team adopt a legitimate release
strategy.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I hope with the growing GME team we will be able
to have such "release plans". As you know, we always have short/mid/long term
task (thanks to Akos). We should make these things public on the new web site.
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<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>--</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><SPAN class=312351115-07062004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>peter</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>