Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
That had not occured to me :) I think this is a very good compromise. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:54 PM, David Gerard wrote: > On 10 April 2014 21:56, Vesa wrote: > > > Again, this is mostly academic speculation, as it's not all that likely > > that we're going to run into any issues very soon

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread David Gerard
On 10 April 2014 21:56, Vesa wrote: > Again, this is mostly academic speculation, as it's not all that likely > that we're going to run into any issues very soon that prevent us from > supporting XP. (Although in the long term, that becomes increasingly > more likely.) But personally, if I tomorr

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Vesa
On 04/11/2014 12:39 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > To continue supporting XP even though its been shelved by microsoft > But we don't even really have any kind of official "supported platforms" list (that I know of). LMMS just runs on your system or doesn't... what decision is there to make?

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
To continue supporting XP even though its been shelved by microsoft On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Vesa wrote: > On 04/11/2014 12:01 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > > I think Toby has to take this decision. > > > > What decision? > -- Jonathan Aquilina

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Vesa
On 04/11/2014 12:01 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > I think Toby has to take this decision. > What decision? -- Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate Development with Jenkins Continuous Integration Continuously Automate Bui

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
I think Toby has to take this decision. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Vesa wrote: > On 04/10/2014 04:54 PM, Bill Y. wrote: > > IMO telling a person they should switch to Linux because it is Free > > has not bearing on the issue. There are a plethora of reasons why an > > individual may want

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Vesa
On 04/10/2014 04:54 PM, Bill Y. wrote: > IMO telling a person they should switch to Linux because it is Free > has not bearing on the issue. There are a plethora of reasons why an > individual may want to stick with XP despite it's EOL this past > Tuesday, and while I agree they are taking security

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
+1 On 10 Apr 2014 15:54, "Bill Y." wrote: > IMO telling a person they should switch to Linux because it is Free has > not bearing on the issue. There are a plethora of reasons why an individual > may want to stick with XP despite it's EOL this past Tuesday, and while I > agree they are taking sec

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Bill Y.
IMO telling a person they should switch to Linux because it is Free has not bearing on the issue. There are a plethora of reasons why an individual may want to stick with XP despite it's EOL this past Tuesday, and while I agree they are taking security risks the longer they use it, I've been to pla

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
IMHO it would be up to the user if they want to use it, but i think the ultimate question is should we fix xp specific bugs? On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Israel wrote: > @Tres... yes it is not good to replace OS for one app, but > XP is now in open season for exploits. people have been

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Israel
@Tres... yes it is not good to replace OS for one app, but XP is now in open season for exploits. people have been working hard, holding back exploits waiting for the day when XP would be free to abuse. It is not good to encourage anyone to use a vulnerable OS, especially when there are Libre

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Vesa
On 04/10/2014 02:15 PM, musikbear wrote: > topic should focus the issue - XP + lmms > There are still alot of users on xp. *sigh +blush* ygtp.. > Firstly 1.0 runs on xp as a wet /dream/ > Not just run- it gallops! U. Bolt is envious.. > It is totally possible to run /several/ instances of lmms /si

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Tres Finocchiaro
@MusikBear, Thanks for testing this. That is exactly what we need in order to offer support. I am sure there are many on this list that can indicate numerous distros > that would be better to use. As MusicBear mentioned, this is a bit off-topic. Although it's pragmatic to recommend a FOSS *n

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread Israel
Poor peeps can use Lubuntu, or any of the multitudes of great Free and Libre OS, that way they can use LMMS, and avoid the problems of having a completely insecure OS that will now not be recieving any security updates. I am sure there are many on this list that can indicate numerous distros tha

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-04-10 Thread musikbear
topic should focus the issue - XP + lmms There are still alot of users on xp. *sigh +blush* ygtp.. Firstly 1.0 runs on xp as a wet /dream/ Not just run- it gallops! U. Bolt is envious.. It is totally possible to run /several/ instances of lmms /simultanous/ -not just run, but actively playback and

[LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread midi-pascal
Hi list, On this thread Jonathan Aquilina said: "if you want a really light weight desktop take a look at the enlightenment desktop damn thing is super light and super quick as its written in native c and has its own ui libraries" I just can't agree more. I use Bodhi Linux on a regular basis

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
@tres microsoft shelved 2000 if im not mistaken On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Tres Finocchiaro < tres.finocchi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey guys as you are all probably aware windows xp gets shelved next >> tuesday. Are we going to bump the minimum version we will provide fixes for >> to at l

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Tres Finocchiaro
> Hey guys as you are all probably aware windows xp gets shelved next > tuesday. Are we going to bump the minimum version we will provide fixes for > to at least windows vista onwards? > This is probably more of a question for Toby as the libraries he uses to build the windows binaries use a Visua

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
if you want a really light weight desktop take a look at the enlightenment desktop damn thing is super light and super quick as its written in native c and has its own ui libraries On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Israel wrote: > Or Linux Mint. > Or Korora! > But not Arch... unless it is Manja

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Israel
Or Linux Mint. Or Korora! But not Arch... unless it is Manjaro? :) I just picked those two because most XP computers are going to be pretty slow... Puppy is so easy to use you don't have to install it, and it configures things like the b43 wireless drivers pretty much automatically :) Though

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
or kubuntu the ubuntu line is great for first time linux users. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Israel wrote: > If someone is on XP, they should upgrade to a GNU computer :) > Seriously. XP will be a huge target, so if any of you are running XP, > please upgrade. Get Lubuntu, or Puppy Linux

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Israel
If someone is on XP, they should upgrade to a GNU computer :) Seriously. XP will be a huge target, so if any of you are running XP, please upgrade. Get Lubuntu, or Puppy Linux. On 03/31/2014 06:48 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: I agree totally here, I just wanted to put that out into the open f

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
I agree totally here, I just wanted to put that out into the open for anyone that might be on xp. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Vesa wrote: > On 03/31/2014 02:42 PM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > > Hey guys as you are all probably aware windows xp gets shelved next > > tuesday. Are we going to

Re: [LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Vesa
On 03/31/2014 02:42 PM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > Hey guys as you are all probably aware windows xp gets shelved next > tuesday. Are we going to bump the minimum version we will provide > fixes for to at least windows vista onwards? Well, we don't really have a "minimum version" as such. Bugs get

[LMMS-devel] Windows xp support

2014-03-31 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
Hey guys as you are all probably aware windows xp gets shelved next tuesday. Are we going to bump the minimum version we will provide fixes for to at least windows vista onwards? -- Jonathan Aquilina -- __