PasTim wrote: > That's a hard choice. From the posts I've seen LMS 7.7.3 or thereabouts > still seems quite common - would that need to be updated? How old is > iplayer 1.3? Will 1.6 run on 7.7.3? > > There comes a time for all software users when they have to move with > the times. I'd suggest 3 years stability is acceptable (others may > disagree), but after that one should not be surprised when you have to > move on. (I keep very up to date, but that's my choice). > > I guess the alternative is to provide 2 versions, one for older systems > (with very little or no support for the old one) and one for later ones. > That's doable with the installation xml files isn't it?
Life is not so simple. I've tested Extra on 7.7.3 with Perl 5.22 and it worked OK - so I think 1.6 should run as well. However BBC redirects a lots of http URLS to https (e.g. for metadata) and AFAICT BBC only support TLS 1.0 as a minimum - not SSL2 or SSL3. Also AFAICT the Perl 5.14.2 SSL/TLS support modules as shipped with 5.14.2 do not support TLS 1.0 only SSL2/3. The oldest Perl support that "ships" with 7.7.3 is 5.16. So although 1.6 may run with 7.7.3 - it is likely a user who started with a 7.7.3 installation has a version of Perl older than 5.14 and also their associated Linux distro doesn't have a build later than 5.14. The xml files have no provision for minimum Perl version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
