C News patch of 7-Sep-1990

[Henry Spencer]

In article <1990Sep13.203645.12937 at scuzzy.mbx.sub.org> src at scuzzy.mbx.sub.org (Heiko Blume) writes:
>since cnews has become really stable, i would suggest posting the
>whole thing soon. that would also be an opportunity to start using
>release numbers and patchlevel.h etc...

Actually, the relative stability over the summer has been more a matter
of lack of time than lack of changes to make.  Expect more patches this
fall.

At some decidedly ill-defined point, we plan what we're currently calling
the "cleanup release".  This probably *will* appear in its entirety, for
a fairly fundamental reason.  Patches are very awkward for dealing with
certain kinds of changes, like moving files around, and the list of things
needing such reorganization is growing.  This will also simplify a few
relatively drastic changes that might cause very bloated patches, e.g.
the new inews.  Given the reasons for the cleanup release, it will and
must be a break with continuity:  there will be no patches to bring an
old system up to it.

It is likely that we will give a bit of thought to patch designations
and the like then.  Note, I'm saying we'll probably think about it, not
that we promise to make changes.

Please do not ask when the cleanup release will be, because we don't
have a date for it.  It won't be next week and probably won't be next
month; I don't recommend delaying conversions and/or updates in hopes
that it will soon appear.
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