You can still run 5.1 on 16.04. If you want bleeding edge, don't lock yourself down with a "stable" system.
On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 21:37, Diego Herranz <diegoherr...@diegoherranz.com> wrote: > > I see. Are those dates when the respective OS support finishes or when we > stop supporting them? > I was under the impression it is the former (although it is not fully clear) > in which case that date is wrong. > > Thanks, > Diego > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 20:16, Ian McInerney <ian.s.mciner...@ieee.org> wrote: >> >> The listing I used when looking at whether our supported OS's had Boost 1.59 >> were the dates given here: >> http://kicad-pcb.org/help/system-requirements/#_gnulinux. On that page, it >> says that our support for 16.04 ended in April. >> >> -Ian >> >> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 8:03 PM Diego Herranz >> <diegoherr...@diegoherranz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I wasn't getting any nightly package update lately and checking [1] I've >>> just noticed this boost bump has left Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) out. >>> Ubuntu 16.04 will be supported until April 2021 [2]. >>> >>> Was this overlooked when checking distros? Or was it a deliberate decision? >>> Is there anything that can be done? >>> I've been planning to move to a newer Ubuntu LTS release for some time but >>> didn't really have the need while it is supported (everything stable and >>> working very well). >>> I guess there may be more people in a situation similar to mine. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Diego >>> >>> [1] https://launchpad.net/~js-reynaud/+archive/ubuntu/kicad-dev-nightly >>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history#Table_of_versions >>> >>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 19:59, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> 10/2/2019 8:34 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> > On 9/27/19 12:20 AM, Carsten Schoenert wrote: >>>> >> Hi, >>>> >> >>>> >> Am 26.09.19 um 22:26 schrieb Ian McInerney: >>>> >>> Ping. Is there any opposition to bumping the minimum Boost version to >>>> >>> 1.59? >>>> >> I still see no technical need to increase the minimal version for Boost. >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > The boost version used in Debian old stable is 1.62. I think 1.59 is a >>>> > pretty safe bet at this point for the development version. For the 5.1 >>>> > branch, we should keep the current version unless we are planning to >>>> > back port any of the testing features which were the primary reason for >>>> > the version bump request. I will make the change as soon as I get a >>>> > chance, we can always revert it if it causes too much grief. >>>> > >>>> > Cheers, >>>> > >>>> > Wayne >>>> > >>>> >>>> I bumped the Boost version to 1.59. If this causes any major headaches, >>>> I can always revert it. Before we go using any new Boost stuff, please >>>> let the dust settle on the version bump change so we don't have to back >>>> out a bunch of changes. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Wayne >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp