Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!gegeweb.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Hill Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: RISC OS Links Database Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:06:10 +0000 (GMT) Organization: timil.com Lines: 29 Message-ID: <525c449628tim@invalid.org.uk> References: <8581a85852.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk> <5258c321c2News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> <5258cafe91tim@invalid.org.uk> <5258db5788chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: GqAcIUbqh27oTTI3Dt5hJw.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.04c (RISC-OS/5.16) NewsHound/v1.50-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.acorn.misc:3523 In article <5258db5788chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net>, Chris Johnson wrote: > In article <5258cafe91tim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill > 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! ;-) -- Tim Hill of timil.com . . . * supports TFT & shares in cheaper ethical telecoms http://tjrh.eu/phone * has a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/ * accepts incoming email: substitute postmaster@ for tim@ ... "Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, his honour and greatness of his name shall be" Henry VIII, Act v, Sc.4