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jmdennis:
I was wondering when we know when new firmware is out there to load on our players.  I usually do the SVN updates when they seem to fix my problem I am having.  I do them daily but I know a lot of times firmware updates come out and would like to know when these happen so that I can do a reload of rockbox from scratch.

Llorean:
The version of Rockbox available on the current build page changes every time a developer commits a change to the main source code. You can see when the changelog changes on the front page of the site.

jmdennis:
I do those updates every day at least but what I meant was that I see in the forums they some times ask them to reload as new changes have come out to fix the problems they have been having.  I do download and unzip the rockbox folder and install this daily but I also know some times a new firmware comes out and I thought at these times a reinstall works better.

Llorean:
Every version is a "new firmware", so I don't know what you mean by "a new firmware comes out."

We don't ask that people update. We require in the guidelines that they be running the current build (downloaded from the current build link on the left) before reporting a bug. They can also check the changelog on the front page of the site to see if any changes seem to fix their problem.

Perhaps you could clarify a bit on what exactly you're asking?

jmdennis:
I looked at the manual again and I misread it in the forums.  I guess I thought some thing else would update the firmware but when I read further in the install I realize that it is just the bootloader that needs a special install.

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