Re: [isabelle-dev] PLATFORMS: Mac OS X
On 07/04/17 10:04, Salomon Sickert wrote: > >>> In this case I recommend to bump the baseline for Ubuntu up to 14.04 LTS >>> (or even 16.04 LTS). >> >> How did you get to that conclusion? Ubuntu LTS support lasts 5 years. >> Empiricially, I've seen the last 3 LTS versions being installed by >> Isabelle users. Consequently, we have only recently dropped 10.04 LTS >> and are now at 12.04 LTS for some years to come. > > The current date is 7.4.2017. Thus this is the last month of support for > 12.04 LTS. Last month of *official* support. This means users will have it around 2-3 more years. There is no problem to support old Linux versions. I don't see why they should be cut-off prematurely. >> Dropping Mavericks now would mean to reinstall macbroy2, which is our >> main witness for non-trivial Apple hardware. Such a change comes with >> the risk that the system stops working afterwards: the old saying "never >> change a running system" has some truth in it. > > I don’t get why supporting fewer systems is more work. I did not say that. The explanation was about the risk of re-installing a running Apple system. Makarius ___ isabelle-dev mailing list isabelle-...@in.tum.de https://mailmanbroy.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/mailman/listinfo/isabelle-dev
Re: [isabelle-dev] PLATFORMS: Mac OS X
>> In this case I recommend to bump the baseline for Ubuntu up to 14.04 LTS >> (or even 16.04 LTS). > > How did you get to that conclusion? Ubuntu LTS support lasts 5 years. > Empiricially, I've seen the last 3 LTS versions being installed by > Isabelle users. Consequently, we have only recently dropped 10.04 LTS > and are now at 12.04 LTS for some years to come. The current date is 7.4.2017. Thus this is the last month of support for 12.04 LTS. >> And secondly dropping support for OS X Mavericks, since that is also >> unsupported by Apple right now. > > Dropping Mavericks now would mean to reinstall macbroy2, which is our > main witness for non-trivial Apple hardware. Such a change comes with > the risk that the system stops working afterwards: the old saying "never > change a running system" has some truth in it. I don’t get why supporting fewer systems is more work. But anyways it was just a suggestion. Best, Salomon smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ isabelle-dev mailing list isabelle-...@in.tum.de https://mailmanbroy.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/mailman/listinfo/isabelle-dev
