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From: Dafydd Tomos <d@gwead.DEMON.CO.UK>
To: acornet@lists.barnet.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Versions to be used [was Re: Welcome and some questions...]
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Peter Vincent <peter@vincefam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Whatever version of these apps you use, there may be [or
> even are likely to be? :-)] some bugs, as freeware authors
> don't have the resources to write and run a complete user
> acceptance test routine to check out all possible
> combinations of circumstances.
Well, yes, but there might be some major problems that
aren't noticed for a few weeks. Messenger 1.xx isn't stable
enough at the moment to be included IMO, but there is enough
time before a new version of Acornet is likely to be
released for Messenger to become 'OK'.
There is also a *big* problem with the use of toolbox apps -
different applications request different module versions.
So, for instance, Messenger only asks for Menu version 0.23,
while NewsFind wants to load version 0.24. If Messenger is
still open and you want to run NewsFind or any other apps
which *RMEnsure the later module, then you get an error
'Menu has active tasks'.
This kind of error occurs with other toolbox apps, where a
later version is *rmensured, while an older version is
already active in RAM. It's also complicated if you have OS
3.60, where older versions are in ROM. This needs to be
fixed in the !Run files of every toolbox app.
--
Dafydd Tomos <URL:http://www.fydd.org/d/>