Darren Rook - newest compiler question

[treitmey]

I was concerned when I recieved 2 notices of new comp. 3.216
I downloaded the fist one yesterday.
And one today.

pcwhupd.exe

the sizes don't match??

8,334,810
8,334,821
from a dos dir comand.

Is there a reson for this?
Is there and difference in the two?

[rnielsen]

They made some changes to the newest one, hence the size difference.

Ronald

[PCM programmer]

They've been doing this for years. I emailed them once and
told them it's not a good idea to do this, but it didn't have any effect.

[ckielstra]

Whaaaatttt???????

First when I read this I thought Treitmey made a mistake somewhere, but CCS is really making changes to the released version without version number changes????

This gives me a very bad feeling........

[Hans Wedemeyer]

[treitmey]

You HAVE to change the version number.
Its just good engineering.

If I put in my comments that this firmware run on compiler 3.19. I want
that version SET IN STONE. Golden. Not to be changed by anyone, or anything.

The number is just a number.

Change it for EVERY change!

[Haplo]

There are a lot of things wrong with CCS' change log and version update policies...

[kypec]

I agree with everybody else here that it is VERY VERY BAD
practice to release newer/different files with the same version number.

Just a small note:
one can quickly inspect THE REAL FILE VERSION by right-clicking
install file pcwhupd.exe and choosing properties.
Under the version tab the older file reads File version: 3.216.11.16
whereas the new one has: 3.216.12.9

Good luck and strong nerves with future CCS releases wishes
kypec

[Mark]

Exactly how many times has CCS made the mistake of not changing the version number? This is the first that I know. It was probably a mistake and people do make them. Lighten up fellows.

[PCM programmer]

I'm sorry Mark, but I have 8 cases on record that I know of,
starting with vs. 2.703, back in Feb. 2000.

I think it happens when the programmer discovers a mistake
soon after posting the new release. Then he reposts a
revised version the next day. As far as I can tell, versions
that have been sitting out there for weeks or months are
not changed. Every now and then, I re-download a version
and do a binary file compare on it, just to check on this, so
that's how I can tell.

[Mark]

Alright, then I will agree with the rest of you. Bad CCS, bad CCS.

[Guest]