[BusyBox] any value to "rc" or "pre" versions of BB in download area?

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Sun May 1 11:31:23 UTC 2005


On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Rob Landley wrote:

> On Friday 29 April 2005 03:40 pm, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   not that it's a big deal, but is there any value to retaining any of
> > the pre-release "rc" or "pre" releases in the download area?  it's not
> > like they were ever meant to be used in actual production or anything.
> >
> > rday
>
> There are apparently devices that shipped with them.  (Strange but
> true, people pop up on the list from time to time to ask questions
> about two-year-old stuff that froze a while ago, went to
> manufacturing, and now customers are finding stuff wrong with it...)

hang on, i'm not talking about previous *official* releases, like
0.60.5 (which, of course, should be kept around).  i'm talking about
the numerous pre* and rc* test releases.  you're saying there were
some devices shipped with a *test* release on them?  yeesh.

rday



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