Re: Ver. 3.19b and WinXP?
  By: MRO to Digital Man on Fri Dec 30 2022 08:20 pm

 >   Re: Ver. 3.19b and WinXP?
 >   By: Digital Man to MRO on Fri Dec 30 2022 05:42 pm
 >
 >  >  > it go like that.
 >
 >  > There is no such thing as "a perfect release" of any software of any
 >  > complexity. There will be bugs. You just seem to have a particular peeve
 >  > about this one.
 >
 > Well it's happened frequently.

No, there has never been a bug-free Synchronet release and I know there never will be one.

 > You just know it's broken like before, yet
 > it's still on the website for download as a release.

I wouldn't even call the issue you're describing "a bug", but whatever, yeah, it's a known issue. There's *always* known issues in every software release even at the time of release.

 > It just seems sloppy, and I don't know why'd you'd be happy doing that.

The release still works for fine for 99.9% of the sysops that want to use. And there are other versions available for that other .1%. I'm pretty happy with that, yeah.

 > It would probably just be better to yank the installer and tell people
 > to just grab things on git and get the binaries from your file server if
 > needed.

That's stupid talk.

 >  > The Windows XP sysop has options. I don't know why you're involved in the
 >  > discussion at all - you said yourself they shouldn't be running Windows
 >  > XP on an Internet-connected computer (e.g. a BBS).
 >
 > i just tested it out because he said it wasnt working.
 > then i see it's an old bug and the release is still there with that issue.
 > That's one of the reasons people badmouthed synchronet over the years.
 > People had one problem and then decided to go to mystic.

Please, do me a favor and go to mystic and tell me have you have zero issues.

 > Like I said, it's yours and you can do what you want with it. I just
 > couldn't believe you were blind to what was going on.  This XP thing is just
 > a little stupid issue, but there's been bigger ones in the past that you
 > handled the same way.
 >
 > What if you bought a new car and it cuts out at every red light? They said
 > the car was fine when you bought it.
 > Then you find out that everyone's been having the same problem for years.
 > You go on the website and see that there's a part you need to replace.  It's
 > not that hard but you still think the car manufacturer is a dipshit for
 > putting it out there like that.  I know I would.
 >
 > Granted, your stuff is free and this is a hobby.  but still, it just seems
 > weird you leave something busted as a release on your website for a year,
 > and in the past there's been releases on the website for YEARS with issues.

"busted" - I think exaggerating a little there. It doesn't work on Windows 95 either, yet you don't take issue with that fact?

 > I don't know if you don't care, or it does not compute or what.

Software has issues. And this particular issue has already been fixed and the version with that fix is available for download and future versions should not have that same issue, but they'll have other, new issues. It's a fact of life.
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