Eric,
I understand and agree with the desire to reduce the number of builds.
I'm OK with staying on a stable release - e.g. in my "worst case" I have a
server that has been running 24/7 since 1996 - some watchdog j scripts run
continuously there (using "j602/2008-03-03/16:45") so being "down level" isn't
really an issue for such usage.
I have another server c. 1999, where my "standard j" which is even more heavily
uses j504/2005-03-16/15:30... I do have a ("beta" version) j701 on that machine
that makes it a little easier to import/use scripts from other more up to date
systems.
Saying all that should provide some lift for your trial balloon.
Mainly I was looking for clarification and you have answered my question. Thanks
- joey
> On 2017Apr 12, at 07:54, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Joey,
>
> As indicated in previous message, illegal instruction is expected when
> trying to run 806 avx binary on an older platform that does not support avx.
>
> We are trying to figure out what to do with 806 for older platforms.
>
> Building/testing/packaging/distributing/supporting releases has a cost and
> we don't want to do that for packages where there is little or no interest.
>
> We don't want the complication of having both avx and non-avx binaries in
> our primary windows/osx/linux 64 packages. I think most J users have
> machines that support avx and don't need to be concerned.
>
> Saying we won't provide packages for windows/osx/linux 64 non-avx platform
> is a trial balloon.
>
> If there is no demand, then we will have streamlined things at our end.
> Perhaps the requirement can be met by staying with 805 (a stable,
> long-term release). Perhaps we can just put the 806 non-avx binaries at
> the web site and users download and replace the avx binary (more work for a
> few users, but easier for most users and for Jsoftware). Perhaps interested
> users can build their non-avx binaries from the source.
>
> We will see how this unfolds. If there is serous demand for non-avx
> packages, then we will provide them.
>
> ***
> On a different, but similar note, we plan to stop providing linux 32
> packages.
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