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

[dickey]

> >      * From: address@hidden 
>  
> >>   BTW, are there any problems with that patch? 
> >>   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):

      Size   Time          File
      ----------------------------------------
      38721     6.260428   2.8.2dev.25.patch.gz
       1493    10.115231   2.8.2dev.24.patch.gz
     100554    10.178461   2.8.2dev.23.patch.gz
     112319    20.400255   2.8.2dev.22.patch.gz
      93944    34.085058   2.8.2dev.21.patch.gz
     107760    46.665208   2.8.2dev.20.patch.gz
       3070    60.154178   2.8.2dev.19.patch.gz
      84818    60.357894   2.8.2dev.18.patch.gz
      54294    75.197743   2.8.2dev.17.patch.gz
      91385    84.362338   2.8.2dev.16.patch.gz
      50206    95.108796   2.8.2dev.15.patch.gz
      65781   105.281968   2.8.2dev.14.patch.gz
      55379   110.319005   2.8.2dev.13.patch.gz
       8010   127.935012   2.8.2dev.12.patch.gz
      53446   130.325197   2.8.2dev.11.patch.gz
      33588   137.888380   2.8.2dev.10.patch.gz
     150743   141.628403   2.8.2dev.9.patch.gz
       5986   150.331238   lynx2.8.1rel.2-981204.patch.gz
      51343   151.031863   2.8.2dev.8.patch.gz
       7103   161.333461   2.8.2dev.7.patch.gz
       1736   162.615787   2.8.2dev.6.patch.gz
      44576   163.113507   2.8.2dev.5.patch.gz
       1464   165.308137   lynx2.8.1rel.2-981118.patch.gz
      67877   165.988322   2.8.2dev.4.patch.gz
      40118   167.844039   2.8.2dev.3.patch.gz
     242628   173.967037   2.8.2dev.2.patch.gz
       7676   178.198981   2.8.2dev.1.patch.gz
       7454   178.689734   lynx2.8.1rel.2-981106.patch.gz
       1726   187.712083   2.8.1rel.2.patch.gz
      10947   191.101921   2.8.1rel.1.patch.gz
       9455   197.914271   2.8.1pre.11.patch.gz
      31494   201.286921   2.8.1pre.10.patch.gz
      11417   204.932755   2.8.1pre.9.patch.gz
       1518   210.742813   2.8.1pre.8.patch.gz
      14529   211.101042   2.8.1pre.7.patch.gz
       4534   214.246910   2.8.1pre.6.patch.gz
      17144   214.920787   2.8.1pre.5.patch.gz
      10987   217.417083   2.8.1pre.4.patch.gz
      10875   218.657546   2.8.1pre.3.patch.gz
      21626   220.357176   2.8.1pre.2.patch.gz
       4727   223.340197   2.8.1pre.1.patch.gz

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Thomas E. Dickey
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