Johnson Lam wrote:
Hello,
I've use 2035w-unstable for a long time, because I didn't know the different between them, any document and comparison?
Rgds, Johnson.
2035w is not any particular release, it is simply the current development kernel. Most bug fixes (and potentially bug causing changes) are applied to it first, which presently includes the work for country support, some sys/boot sector changes, config.sys processing work, some optimizations, and other changes as noted in its docs/history.txt file.
2035a is the latest stable release, it contains some bug fixes since 2035 but not too many other changes; so it is the more tested kernel for general computer usage.
If you have been using the development series, please continue to do so and report any issues should they arise. As someone who regularly uses it, that can be even more helpful as when you update you can more reliably indicate should a regression occur that slipped through unnoticed.
I recommend the release kernels for public boot disks (unless a feature of the dev series is required) such as for a DOS based product or installation disks.
I personally do my kernel testing and work using the development [-w for Work in progress] kernel, and try to ensure only tested or non regression causing changes are merged into the stable series.
The two different branches of the kernel seems to cause some confusion, but basically it is just a split to ensure a reliable well tested kernel (stable) is available while allowing for improvements and other changes to occur more easily (-w kernels).
Release kernels always come from the stable branch when deemed appropriate, but you can get compiled versions of latest sources from stable cvs or current development work from http://www.fdos.org/kernel/ including a brief note about which to get.
There is not a document that covers what is in the development kernel and not in the stable as it (hopefully) would be outdated fairly quickly as the changes get merged into the stable kernel.
Hopefully this helps explains the differences some, Jeremy
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