hugh@censor.UUCP (Hugh Gamble) (11/08/88)
I know that all developers with official pre-release copies of 1.3 *should* know this, and it's only common sense for anyone else with a copy as well, but I bet a lot of needless pain & frustration will be caused for quite a while by people with pieces of pre-release 1.3 mixed in with the final version. Clearly all the old bits should be mercilessly hunted down & exterminated from all the little corners of your less often used floppies, and final 1.3 installed clean. If everyone does this, just think of all the extra time C= support people will have for spending on real problems. A question though, when is the last time the FFS format was changed even a teensy weensy bit? Specifically, is it necessary to completely back up whole FFS partitions, install release 1.3 and reformat the partitions to ensure compliance with the above, or can 1.3 just be installed & the old files written over? Of course everyone with a hard drive big enough to make this painful does regular, complete backups anyways so it's only the trouble of an extra restore right :^). But imagine the eager new owner of the finished product who tears open the package in the car on the way home and wants to load it right away, then has problems and calls for help. P.S. I know some S/W packages came with bits of pre-release 1.3 (e.g. the printer drivers with Deluxe Photolab), are the publishers & dealers going to agressively push for the replacement of these pre-release bits with the final versions? If not, some of the less development oriented users who just use the applications will never think about it when something doesn't work quite right, sometime down the road. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Hugh D. Gamble (416) 581-4354 ...!utzoo!censor!hugh (Std. Disclaimers) | I can push any computer to its limits. | Any computer can push me to *my* limits. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Hugh D. Gamble (416) 581-4354 ...!utzoo!censor!hugh (Std. Disclaimers) | I can push any computer to its limits. | Any computer can push me to *my* limits.