Re: Older Modules in NetSurfs System upgrader.

Rob Kendrick, on 8 Nov, wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 08, 2015 at 05:22:18PM +0000, Ron Briscoe wrote:
> >
> > Could, would the team upgrade the NetSurf !System upgrader please?
>
> The versions included are the versions we depend on. The !System merge
> tool won't overwrite newer versions with older.

A fork!

NetSurf rmensures AcornURI 0.12 in its !Run but supplies 1.04 in the
downloads.

Acorn URI 0.12 is dated 09 Feb 1998.

The current AcornURI in ROOL's !Boot is 0.25 (02 Sep 2013).

AcornURI 1.04 is dated 20 May 2006.

A long time ago as I understand it Christian Ludlam wrote a replacement
AcornURI module versioned as 1.xx as an alternative to the Acorn 0.xx
version. There was probably a good reason at the time for doing that,
probably now long forgotten, and certainly forgotten by me but I do seem to
recall that Christian's version was deemed to be a "good thing".

1.04 has been use here for ages with no hint of any bother, and also with a
complete unawareness that there was a later dated version around.

If 0.12 was short of something that 1.04 corrected them maybe 0.25 has
"caught up".

It's all ever so interesting but does it actually matter as far as NetSurf
goes.

--
David Pitt