My point is, if we do not want to drop any old OS, then build should be compiled in an older OS.
2012/6/18 Ma Yong Lin <[email protected]> > No need to drop any platform as long as there are contributors can provide > enough support for it. > > Every individual can have his or her own prefer. > > Sent from iPad > > 在 2012-6-18，下午8:42，Ji Yan <[email protected]> 写道： > > > So if there is any possibility to drag build machine OS back to an older > > version, e.g. RHEL 5 or SLED 10? So that we could make AOO runs on RHEL 5 > > or SLED 10 > > > > 2012/6/18 Herbert Duerr <[email protected]> > > > >> On 18.06.2012 10:37, Ji Yan wrote: > >> > >>> According to build guide[1], gcc 4.2.3 is the current reference > compiler > >>> which means Linux build should be compiled against RedHat Enterprise > >>> Linux(RHEL) 6 or SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop(SLED) 11. So I'm > wondering > >>> if we should drop OS support for RHEL5 and SLED 10? > >>> > >>> The fact is that AOO 3.4 release build is unable to be launched in > neither > >>> RHEL5 nor SLED 10. Should we update system requirement and installation > >>> guide? > >>> > >> > >> In my opinion we should try to run on on RHEL5 or SLED10 unless there > are > >> new technical requirements which make running it not feasible anymore. > >> AFAIK if we build the binaries on a suitable older platform (e.g. RHEL5 > or > >> Centos5 instead of e.g. Ubuntu 12.04) then the binaries should work > almost > >> anywhere as nowadays backward compatibility of Linux binaries is a > widely > >> shared goal. > >> > >> Herbert > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Thanks & Best Regards, Yan Ji > -- Thanks & Best Regards, Yan Ji
