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Re: libbfd documentation date is too old


"David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:

> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 01:13:25PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > > The libbfd docs still say "First Edition--BFD version < 3.0" "April
> > > 1991".  There have been updates to the BFD docs since 1991, so this
> > > is misleading to a reader.  Should this date be bumped up, or the
> > > text entirely removed?
> > 
> > Well maybe the text should be expanded a little bit.  What do you
> > think of this ?
> 
> Look better. :-)
> However, I've never really understood what "BFD version < 3.0" meant.
> Was there a planed rewrite that would have been dubbed "3.0" or
> something?

It's just a Steve Chamberlain joke.  No product is stable until at
least release 3.0.

Ian


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