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xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? (Users)

posted by fritz.mueller , Munich, Germany, 16.02.2024, 15:47

Hi,
while searching updates for FDT24xx I noticed that xcopy uses version 1.4.
You can find it at:
https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/base/xcopy
history says that the only difference between 1.4 and 1.4a is that a html file was added.

At https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy there is an unpublished and uncompiled version 1.5., see: history.txt,
version 1.4
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version 1.4a
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- added xcopy.htm Help file, based on xcopy.txt (Stephan Peters)

version 1.5
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- improved Open Watcom support (utilizes pieces from TCC2WAT), shared.inc


In xcopy.txt you can read:

Compiling the source code
-------------------------
Compiling the source code is possible with the following compilers:
- Borland C++ (tm) 3.0 or higher
- Borland Turbo C++ (tm) 3.0 or higher
Version 1.2 and newer can also be compiled with the now freeware
- Borland Turbo C 2.01 compiler
Version 1.5 and newer
- Open Watcom C/C++ 1.9/2.0pre (includes portions of tcc2wat)

So my question: Is it useful to implement version 1.5 into the future FDT24xx versions?

Complete thread:

• xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - fritz.mueller, 16.02.2024, 15:47
  • xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - tom, 16.02.2024, 18:57
    • xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - rr, 16.02.2024, 19:29
  • xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - rr, 16.02.2024, 19:30
    • xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - kerravon, 16.02.2024, 21:44
    • xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - fritz.mueller, 05.08.2024, 17:33
      • xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - nico7550, 09.08.2024, 21:33
        • xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - fritz.mueller, 12.08.2024, 21:35
          • xcopy - is there a reason why v 1.5 was not published? - fritz.mueller, 14.08.2024, 13:36