kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) (11/04/88)
[ "All sweet things have one thing in common ... a tendency to make you sick." ] [ --Soolin ] There's been a fair amount of speculation here (and in my mailbox) as to what is happening with ARP now that 1.3 is out. I was on BIX the other day, so I took the opportunity to ask Charlie about it. His reply is attached. Now, before we start rehashing ARP bugs and enhancement requests (unless you feel something really needs some discussion), let me suggest that you email me any comments, bug reports, etc. I'll collect them, and pass them along to Charlie. If you do email me something, please put the word ARP in the Subject line, and please make it clear if yours is a bug report, a general comment, or an enhancement request (or a "mixed bag"). Yes, I am cross-posting this to both c.s.a & c.s.a.tech, since Charlie's "adgenda" is of a technical nature, but I am also adding a "Followup-To:" line to c.s.a (though some mailers don't understand that line). Please try and limit any posted followups to that group, or as suggested above, to email. Thanks! /kim > From: cheath > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 88 10:51:27 EST > To: kdevaughn > Subject: ARP and 1.3 > > > V1.3 ARP is still a ways off. I'm working on it, but Scott's been in > Japan, and Ken's been finishing up his DeskTop program so the going's > been a bit slow. The V1.3 release has the following on the agenda- > > -Get the commands as close to compatible with V1.3 as possible > > -Fix the wildcards (removing the {} braces, fixing character classes > and OR conditions, only using the non-BCPL enhancements when the > BCPL environment flag is OFF.) > > -Environment variables will now work with ENV: . The ARP Getenv() call > will still have read-support for MANX-style environment variables, > if there is no ENV: varialbe of the desired name; Setenv() will > write to ENV:. Both will be transparent to applications, except > that names are no longer case-sensitive. > > -Rewrite FindFirst/FindNext so it won't keep locks around on un-needed > files and directories, and will run faster. > > -Fix file requester bugs, allow a longer file or dir_name string, > do a Delay() before closing the window on Double-Click, fix > the stack overwrite of the return code for the wildcard function. > > - A few more bug fixes > > - A few new programs such as a CMP which allows wildcard compare and > destination as a directory, and an AVAIL with a FLUSH keyword > that will cause memory-panics until the system is quiescent > (IE, it doesn't just call the library EXPUNGE stuff once but > continues to call it until free memory reaches a "steady state"). > > - A few other enhancements such as allowing multi-args for COPY, and > getting more programs to work happily with PIPE: > > *** > > I'll appreciate any other suggestions or reports of any bugs which > we haven't already heard about - also any compatability issues. We'd > like to get to where folks don't need to know if they're using ARP or > the original commands, so if there're any other incompatabilities or > left_outs we want to fix 'em. Thanks to the relay to USENET- > > OH, BTW, I will be checking out ZOO for distribution of the files > for V1.3 > > Charlie Heath > > *** > > (If you'd like to post this to UseNet I'd appreciate it ... sounds like > it might generate a lot of responses though, so it might set you back > a few hours! You could just say "yup, there will be a V1.3 but not > until at least December" if you like. Thanks) -- UUCP: kim@amdahl.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25
chas@gtss.UUCP (Charles Cleveland) (11/07/88)
In article <cchXK9aRy91010UX.1k@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
)There's been a fair amount of speculation here (and in my mailbox) as to what
)is happening with ARP now that 1.3 is out. I was on BIX the other day, so I
)took the opportunity to ask Charlie about it. His reply is attached.
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)> I'll appreciate any other suggestions or reports of any bugs which
)> we haven't already heard about
Hmmm. Which ones are those? I posted one once which I've never seen anyone
else mention, but I have no idea whether it reached any ARP people. So how
about an official list of known bugs, whether or not the next ARP is going
to address them? Then these problems may only be posted that once, instead
of many times, and everyone will be the wiser.
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