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- ADDENDUM regarding bug fix version 1.5.1
-
- About StuffIt 1.5.1 (8-29-88)
-
- This document describes the status of release 1.5.1. It does not supplement
- or replace the StuffIt User's Guide.
-
-
- StuffIt 1.5.1 is a bug fix release. It corrects several problems in 1.5.
- Almost all of these problems were caused by my hasty conversion from
- LightspeedC 2.15 to 3.0. In the conversion, I expected that everything will
- be identical. (A legitimate assumption.) Unfortunately, that assumption
- was false. As a result, quite a few, both innocuous and serious, bugs
- crept into 1.5. All known problems as of today (and I think we caught most
- of them) have been corrected in 1.5.1. Releasing a bug fix version is
- unusual for me. Usually, I wait it out until the next full release. However,
- that may be quite some ways down the road, especially with school starting for
- me. By no means do I intend to stop, or even suspend, development on StuffIt.
- I think that in the past year, I've shown my dedication through numerous
- enhancements. And I intend to continue with enhancements. It's just that the
- next version may take some time to complete.
-
-
- The bugs corrected are:
- 1. Operation of TEXT add has been restored.
- 2. A disk error during compression (usu. disk full) no longer crashes machine.
- 3. On larger HDs, free space may be reported as negative. Fixed
- 4. Aborting a HMF add and keeping the partially added HMF sometimes results in
- a corrupted entry. Fixed.
-
- Though it isn't a major improvement, performance under MultiFinder has been
- improved to the extent that running StuffIt in the background is now
- tolerable -- not great, but tolerable.
-
-
- To repeat myself...
- In the near future, there will be bug fix releases for some of the other
- programs. The next major release is not expected for quite some time.
- In the next few months, I expect to be devoting a substantial amount of time
- to school and to some other projects.
-
-
- My appologies for any inconvenience, added cost of downloading, etc. I thank
- all users for their previous support and I hope it continues. We've come a
- long way since a year ago. And we still have quite some ways to go. Your
- suggestions, your criticisms, your encouragement and your understanding are
- all greatly appreciated.
-
-
- Thank you,
- Raymond Lau
-