On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:59:40 +1000 David Seikel <[email protected]> said:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:29:20 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:33:49 -0200 Lucas De Marchi > > <[email protected]> said: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Carsten Haitzler > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:51:33 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > > > > <[email protected]> said: > > > > > > > >> On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, David Seikel wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:54:19 +0200 "Alex-P. Natsios" > > > >> > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > > stupid suggestions but can certainly happen if you forget to > > > >> > > check them :) > > > >> > > > > > >> > > 1) what autofoo versions does Ubuntu 11.04 have? maybe its > > > >> > > too old? 2) same goes for their GCC version > > > >> > > > > >> > I was gonna rant and rave about not being too old, but then > > > >> > checked and Ubuntu 11.04 HAS reached EOL (End Of Life) in > > > >> > October. So yes, good idea to upgrade Ubuntu in this case. > > > >> > > > > >> > <rant> > > > >> > Now, had it been Ubuntu 10.04, that's a whole other story, > > > >> > it's not past it's EOL yet, so versions of autofoo and gcc on > > > >> > it are by definition, not too old. Coz the definition of "too > > > >> > old" should NOT include popular distros that are still > > > >> > supported by their makers. </rant> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Ahahah. That means nothing, really. Who committed to LTS of that > > > >> version is Canonical/Ubuntu, not Enlightenment. Imagine a > > > >> scenario where some crazy dude says he has a distribution with > > > >> 20 year support, we'll try to match?! > > > > > > > > you know how i love to disagree with you... but you are > > > > absolutely right. *WE* didn't commit to support of 10.04 or 11.04 > > > > of ubuntu. canonical did. we are free to raise out requirements > > > > as we see fit. we did not commit to keeping them static. > > > > > > WTF is happening to the world? I, Gustavo and Raster agree on > > > something > > > > end of the world man... i all started with e17 release :) > > We only have to keep arguing for another few months, then Ubuntu 10.04 > will EOL as well. At least on the desktop, server keeps going for a > couple more years. No one wants to run EFL stuff on a server. Oh > wait, yes they do. B-) > > > > > i DO suggest that we keep in mind though that we will have people > > > > on older systems and by ensuring we don't build/run on them we > > > > basically lose users. :) > > Isn't one of our design goals to be able to run on all sorts of low > powered ancient crap hardware? So yes, we DO want such people as > users, and to run on fridges, toasters, and my mothers old Mac. OK, we > can skip my mothers old Mac, she don't use it any more anyway, and it > pre-dates Apples sensible move to a Unix core. "skiw" hardware simply implies SLOw hardware... it does not require the os/software/libraries on it be ancient.. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
