Michael Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> That was VERY informative. This is what I was afraid of. With Windows and OS 
> X even though there are 3 or 4 versions if you build for the earliest one (XP 
> or 10.5) the binary has a really good chance of still running on the latest 
> (Win7 or Lion). With Linux and so many distributions I don't have time to 
> create that many different virtual machines to compile on each and every one. 
> I am a single developer. I think I am going to go the source route and make 
> sure that my software just compiles with the standard packages from each of 
> the distros (Qt 4, HDF5 1.8, Boost and Qwt). The only issue might be Qwt as I 
> still use Version 5 and I think there is a newer version out that I doubt I 
> am compatible with. All else fails I have my own repo for Qwt that is public 
> for anyone to pull from.
>   I very much want to support Linux in the best way possible. I was hoping 
> for some thing easier but I guess this is just the way it is.

The source route *is* the best way possible, from the Linux point of view!
- Dan
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