AmigaOS3.5 (868/968)

From:Olaf Barthel
Date:29 Jan 2000 at 10:20:06
Subject:Re: Re: Features & Enhancements in OS3.5

From: "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de>

On Jan 25 W.Schaaij (W.Schaaij) wrote:

> From: "W.Schaaij" <schaaijw@multiweb.nl>
>
> Hi Adam,
>
> > Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:37:01 +0100
> > From: "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de>
> > Subject: Re: Features & Enhancements In OS3.5
> >
> > > From: Adam Szymczak <adam.szymczak@utoronto.ca>
> > >
> > > On 21-Jan-00, Don Cox wrote:
> > >
> > > > They would sell more copies of OS3.5 if they published a list of all the
> > > > enhancements.
> > > >
> >
> > > Agreed. Stating that some datatype or library has been "Updated" is
> > > meaningless. What was updated? What was improved? What is the result of the
> > > update or improvement?
> >
> > Most of that information is contained in the release notes files. These
> > were maintained by the respective developers and were intended to be used to
> > update the user documentation as well. Unfortunately, the user documentation
> > was not properly updated due to lack of time and manpower :( It would be
> > nice to have the release notes made available to the general public, but so
> > far H&P have refrained from doing so.
> >
> > Olaf Barthel
>
> It has been covered in the German Amiga Plus (01/2000) Magazine.
> If anyone is able and want to translate it into English, be my guest:
> [..]

This is a long list, but the release notes cover the functionality in
greater detail. As I wrote, some things simply are not documented in the
existing public documentation. Most of the missing pieces are in the
release notes.



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