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Open Watcom version 1.7 (RC1) available (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 19.07.2007, 20:47

> The Open Watcom contributors released Open Watcom 1.7, Release Candidate 1
> on 10 July 2007.

That means they'll probably release as-is if no bugs are found. They usually do pretty quickly after putting up a RC.

> Open
> Watcom C/C++ for Win32 download is `only' ~62 Mbytes. (same as for
> version 1.6)

Probably a .ZIP sfx, if they stick to the same style as last time. So, you can download it and unzip it manually on DOS. (Or wait for someone like Arkady to manually package .ZIPs like in 1.3 and earlier.)

> Note: According to Peter C. Chapin Release Candidate 2 will probably be
> available in a few days.

Any major changes? Support for HX, perhaps?

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Complete thread:

• Open Watcom version 1.7 (RC1) available - rr, 19.07.2007, 20:27 (Announce)
  • Open Watcom version 1.7 (RC1) available - Rugxulo, 19.07.2007, 20:47
    • Open Watcom version 1.7 (RC1) available - rr, 19.07.2007, 20:56
  • Open Watcom version 1.7 (RC1) available - flox, 20.07.2007, 10:20
    • Open Watcom version 1.7 (RC1) available - rr, 20.07.2007, 10:46