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Open Watcom 1.7a RC2 available (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 25.10.2007, 05:36

> Changes:
> This version fixes two obscure but significant regressions in
> 1.7 relative to 1.6. It contains no new features or bug fixes compared to
> 1.7.

You mean 1.7a RC1 instead of that last "1.7", right? Because 1.7a RC1 was called "basically the extra RC that 1.7 should've had before release". I have RC1, and I would hate to install the RC2 if there is no difference.

Anyways, after further (brief) searching, here's what I discovered:

> (Peter C. Chapin on news://openwatcom.users.c_cpp):
>
> Release candidate #2 contains Jiri's recent fix but otherwise *should*
> be the same as RC1. I encourage people to check it out, especially those
> who had issues with the original 1.7.

Complete thread:

• Open Watcom 1.7a RC2 available - rr, 24.10.2007, 09:59 (Announce)
  • Open Watcom 1.7a RC2 available - Rugxulo, 25.10.2007, 05:36
    • Open Watcom 1.7a RC2 available - rr, 25.10.2007, 10:28
  • Open Watcom 1.7a RC2 available - DOS386, 25.10.2007, 06:26