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1.99m status



We're definitely bypassing 1.99l for Linux.  There are just too many
serious bugs out there (mostly in the browser) for us to release E/L
1.99l.  I STRONGLY suggest DOS users either run with "-nobrowser", or
use the Browser only to launch applications, and then use HFS_XFer
from within some application other than the Browser to do your file
manipulation.

Right now we are working hard on fixing these 34 bugs (you can see
them in detail by sending e-mail to "query-pr@ardi.com" with a subject
line containing just the numbers you want to see, preceded by "--full"
if you want more than just a summary of the bug):

PR #933 move folder to ancestor results in error
PR #934 creating a directory in DOS filesystem
PR #920 volume name at jobber on top
PR #922 futzwithdosdisk not getting called at startup
PR #924 if you don't have a C:\tmp, printing crashes
PR #758 Using HFS_XFer to copy from "/" fails
PR #873 browser doesn't traverse /Net properly
PR #711 Printing under E/L should be examined
PR #901 Tex-Edit created execout.ps doesn't print
PR #929 view options will cause crash
PR #932 deleting things that are in the hotband can cause crash
PR #939 double-clicking documente can crash browser
PR #876 HFS_XFer fights with browser
PR #952 duplicating a duplicate causes problems
PR #955 No warning when you're about to trash major amounts of data
PR #936 goofy "Error -43 in <<GARBAGE_HERE>>" after delete
PR #884 go does not recognize when file operations fail
PR #905 double cliciing on a text file doesn't launch Tex-Edit
PR #910 hack so that check for disks is nicer
PR #953 "Get Info" won't accept new creator and type (may be bad error msg)
PR #935 "New Folder" option needs to be smarter
PR #520 Cursor doesn't necessarily disappear/reappear properly
PR #870 Cursor doesn't return to normal after a drag to hotband
PR #728 Need to speed govern our scrollbars
PR #748 CopyBits needs to save to open picture
PR #893 Sometimes you must wiggle mouse for Executor to continue
PR #908 Tex-Edit starts out drawing text in wrong place
PR #951 CTRL-BREAK can hang things
PR #907 various mouse related bugs
PR #751 Executor/DOS has trouble with 2 floppy systems
PR #883 empty a: (5 1/4" floppy) causes Executor grief
PR #946 Ctrl appears not to work
PR #801 various early exits cause Executor to dump
PR #795 Faust shouldn't require hard reboot to run E/D after NEXTSTEP

Much thanks to Ernst and Emilio for giving nice reproducible reports
that shall allow us to get these bugs fixed quickly.  We will release
1.99m after we get a significant number of these bugs fixed and get to
a point where a small amount of extra work no longer results in a
fixed bug.  We'll also do some retesting and make sure we haven't
broken anything else.

Exactly when we'll be done, we don't know, but we'll be working night
and day on this, since some of the 1.99l browser bugs are much worse
than we realized.

	--Cliff
	ctm@ardi.com


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