Re: lynx-dev structured description of lynx.cfg settings

[dickey]

> 
> >      * From: address@hidden 
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> >> >>   And another question: When 2.8.2 will be released? 
> >> > based on 2.8, 2.8.1, it will take about a month after the first 
> >> > pre-release 
> >> > to stop people showing up with urgent fixes that I don't know about yet. 
> >> 
> >> This assume pre release patches were submitted on a more frequent basis, 
> >> twice a week or so. 
>  
> > Well, it depends on more than one factor.  But here's a listing back to 
> > the previous pre.1, with times in days (backwards from today).  perhaps 
> > someone who's adept with a spreadsheet can make a nice plot & see if the 
> > rate of change is increasing or decreasing (I can't do this one by eye): 
>  
> Well, I've done that by hand (2 minutes): 
It takes more than that to get the rate:

plot

        (size(n) - size(n-1)) versus, or as a ratio
        (date(n) - date(n-1))
>  
>       Size   Time  d(Time)   File 
>       ---------------------------------------- 
>       38721     6    (4)   2.8.2dev.25.patch.gz 
>        1493    10    (0)   2.8.2dev.24.patch.gz 
>      100554    10   (10)   2.8.2dev.23.patch.gz 
>      112319    20   (14)   2.8.2dev.22.patch.gz 
>       93944    34   (12)   2.8.2dev.21.patch.gz 
>      107760    46   (14)   2.8.2dev.20.patch.gz 
>        3070    60    (0)   2.8.2dev.19.patch.gz 
>       84818    60   (15)   2.8.2dev.18.patch.gz 
>       54294    75    (9)   2.8.2dev.17.patch.gz 
>       91385    84   (11)   2.8.2dev.16.patch.gz 
>       50206    95   (10)   2.8.2dev.15.patch.gz 
>       65781   105    (5)   2.8.2dev.14.patch.gz 
>       55379   110   (17)   2.8.2dev.13.patch.gz 
>        8010   127    (3)   2.8.2dev.12.patch.gz 
>       53446   130    (7)   2.8.2dev.11.patch.gz 
>       33588   137    (4)   2.8.2dev.10.patch.gz 
>      150743   141    (9)   2.8.2dev.9.patch.gz 
>        5986   150          lynx2.8.1rel.2-981204.patch.gz 
>       51343   151   (10)   2.8.2dev.8.patch.gz 
>        7103   161   (10)   2.8.2dev.7.patch.gz 
>        1736   162    (1)   2.8.2dev.6.patch.gz 
>       44576   163    (1)   2.8.2dev.5.patch.gz 
>        1464   165         lynx2.8.1rel.2-981118.patch.gz 
>       67877   165    (2)  2.8.2dev.4.patch.gz 
>       40118   167    (6)  2.8.2dev.3.patch.gz 
>      242628   173    (5)  2.8.2dev.2.patch.gz 
>        7676   178    (9)  2.8.2dev.1.patch.gz 
>        7454   178         lynx2.8.1rel.2-981106.patch.gz 
>  
>        1726   187    (4)  2.8.1rel.2.patch.gz 
>       10947   191    (6)  2.8.1rel.1.patch.gz 
>        9455   197    (4)  2.8.1pre.11.patch.gz 
>       31494   201    (3)  2.8.1pre.10.patch.gz 
>       11417   204    (6)  2.8.1pre.9.patch.gz 
>        1518   210    (1)  2.8.1pre.8.patch.gz 
>       14529   211    (3)  2.8.1pre.7.patch.gz 
>        4534   214    (0)  2.8.1pre.6.patch.gz 
>       17144   214    (3)  2.8.1pre.5.patch.gz 
>       10987   217    (1)  2.8.1pre.4.patch.gz 
>       10875   218    (2)  2.8.1pre.3.patch.gz 
>       21626   220    (3)  2.8.1pre.2.patch.gz 
>        4727   223         2.8.1pre.1.patch.gz 
>  
> > -- 
> > Thomas E. Dickey 
>  


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