dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson) (01/12/90)
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According to the rumor mill, 1.4 might be out as soon as this quarter.
To what extent will 1.4 invalidate the new rkm, and how soon after the
release of 1.4 will the 1.4 rkms be available?
In other words, if I'm not going to be developing software during the next
6 months, why shouldn't I wait for 1.4 and it's RKMs?
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-Digital Teddy Bear (dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu)portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (01/12/90)
>>>>> On 12 Jan 90 03:46:21 GMT, dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson) said:
dale> In other words, if I'm not going to be developing software during the next
dale> 6 months, why shouldn't I wait for 1.4 and it's RKMs?
There are two reasons I can think of why you shouldn't:
1) Look how long it took the 1.3 RKM's to come out after its release.
You could be waiting a while for the 1.4 RKM's, especially since 1.4
is a major system software update.
2) C= will almost certainly provide updates for the 1.3 RKM's for 1.4
anyway.
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portuesi@SGI.COM Entry Systems Division -- Engineeringken@cbmcats.UUCP (Ken Farinsky) (01/13/90)
In article <5306@blake.acs.washington.edu> dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson) writes: >To what extent will 1.4 invalidate the new rkm, and how soon after the >release of 1.4 will the 1.4 rkms be available? > >In other words, if I'm not going to be developing software during the next >6 months, why shouldn't I wait for 1.4 and it's RKMs? A lot will change with the release of 1.4, but a lot won't. The new libs and devs manual has a good deal of up-to-date information that is not available elsewhere, and (if you follow the rules) code developed under 1.3 should run under 1.4. You do have to be careful not to assume things (like the size of the font), and to look at the information available to you (like the size of the window borders). And who knows how long it will be until the 1.4 RKMs are out, for a while everyone will be operating on DevCon notes, and the Includes & Autodocs. Clearly, we can't publish the information until it is finalized. New information will appear as fast as we can update it. -------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Farinsky -- CATS Commodore Business Machines PHONE 215-431-9421 UUCP ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken --------------------------------------------------------------