DC> Jack Pfisterer wrote in a message to James Mckenzie:
DC> JM> 02 Jul 97 20:34, Jack Pfisterer wrote to All:
  > JM>  JP> Just downloaded the file dated 27 Jun 97 and found the contents
  >   >  JP> identical to what I downloaded two or three months ago.  I think 
t
  >   >  JP> 27 Jun date is just an artifact of some housekeeping activity, 
but
  >   >  JP> certainly not a new version.
DC> JM> It is indeed an update.  Confirmed this with both IBM and Netscape.
DC>  JP> This is more than a little puzzling.  Checked the two files
  >  JP> again and they are absolutely identical!  Note the final CRC
  >  JP> values and total  file sizes:  (File dates reflect date of
  >  JP> downloading.)
DC> You downloaded the December final beta again. The date on Unix machines 
can
  > changed whenever the system "touches" the files. Often, mirror or 
restructu
  > will do that to the dates.
The documentation with it identifies it as "Netscape Navigator* 2.02 for 
S/2*
Warp General Availability, December 16, 1996"; not as a beta.
DC> Testcase is just that, a site for TEST CASES and not for public 
distributio
  > If a package, even a fixpack, is released, it is placed on a different 
serv
  > Unless IBM tells you to pull a file from testcase then you probably don't 
w
  > it. It is likely to be a quick compile for a specific problem that is 
likel
  > break something else.
I believe that's something altogether different from the sites that I've 
ed.
DC> Service? is a software update server but you keep pulling the final beta
  > version and not the language specific versions.
See previous comment.  Apparently it was the initial GA version; but don't
understand why they keep it on the site when there are later versions out.
Another puzzlement from the inscrutable IBM.
Jack P.
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