Re: RISC OS Links Database

From	Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: RISC OS Links Database
Date	2012-02-04 14:06 +0000
Organization	timil.com
Message-ID	<525c449628tim@invalid.org.uk> (permalink)
References	<mpro.lyi8qu01sc3mo01o0.news@stevefryatt.org.uk> <8581a85852.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk> <5258c321c2News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> <5258cafe91tim@invalid.org.uk> <5258db5788chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net>

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In article <5258db5788chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net>, Chris Johnson
<chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <5258cafe91tim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill
>    <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> > The same goes for new stuff such as "this updated version hosted not
> > by the original author and mentioned only on a closed message board
> > works on ARMini" and suchlike. ;-)

> Is there some underlying issue here?

Only the usual one: as otherwise unsupported software is patched and
uploaded for download to somewhere other than its 'official' home, it can
be hard to track down. And: how do you know it's there to be tracked down?

> I would have thought if the update
> was simply a recompile to make the original OMAP3 or OMAP4 friendly,
> then there seems little point getting all the VRPC users out there
> excited. If there was a genuine upgrade or bugfix, I would hope it
> would be announced through the usual channels (c.s.a.a).

True. Though, of course, announcement alone isn't enough!  ;-)

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RISC OS Links Database Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-01-28 10:49 +0000
  Re: RISC OS Links Database Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-28 13:52 +0000
    Re: RISC OS Links Database Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2012-01-28 18:43 +0000
      Re: RISC OS Links Database Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-28 20:09 +0000
        Re: RISC OS Links Database Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-01-28 23:08 +0000
          Re: RISC OS Links Database Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-02-04 14:06 +0000

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