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Darrell Kindred writes:

 > I can test out binary kits for any of the above too.  I hope
 > beta testers will make an effort to try binary kits produced
 > by others in a serious way quickly--in the past there have
 > been problems with binary kits that went unnoticed and
 > unfixed for a long time, probably because the people best
 > able to diagnose and report such problems are least likely
 > to use binary distributions.

This is an extremely good idea.  I'll test as many as I can, since I
do have access to many of the platforms.

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John Turner
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