Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: > On 15/01/15 21:51, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> Throughout the forums and the bugs reports I've been following >> I've seen fairly regular references to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, the >> most recent Long-Term Support release the project has. > > That's good to know :) > > Last I heard they w

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Richmond
On 15/01/15 21:51, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond wrote: >> On 15/01/15 16:34, Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> >> Pretty much standardized. ... >> An RC believes that all bugs are taken care of, and is only making >> sure of this. > > Why do I have a funny feeling that RunRev probably know that? Because

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: >> On 15/01/15 16:34, Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> >> Pretty much standardized. ... >> An RC believes that all bugs are taken care of, and is only making >> sure of this. > > Why do I have a funny feeling that RunRev probably know that? Because they're described in similar terms at the

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Richmond
On 15/01/15 20:31, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Richmond wrote: On 15/01/15 16:34, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:56 PM, John Dixon wrote:5.5 if you want stability; it is late-beta quality. Some report stability on 6.6, apparently. 6.7 and 7.0 are lat

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 15/01/15 16:34, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:56 PM, John Dixon >> wrote:5.5 if you want stability; it is late-beta quality. >> >> Some report stability on 6.6, apparently. >> >> 6.7 and 7.0 are late and early alpha quali

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Richmond
On 15/01/15 16:34, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:56 PM, John Dixon wrote: Yes, but my question really is.. 'What is the reason for having all theses different versions being updated more or less at the same time ?'... Life was much simpler when you knew the version with the lar

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
John Dixon wrote: Why are there different versions of liveCode being updated.. LC 7.0- updated 23 October 2014 LC 7.0.1 - updated 18 December 2014 LC 6.7.0 - updated 18 December 2014 LC 6.7.1 - updated 9 January 2015 Which one is considered to be the 'one' to use ? As with most softwa

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:56 PM, John Dixon wrote: > Yes, but my question really is.. > 'What is the reason for having all theses different versions being updated > more or less at the same time ?'... > Life was much simpler when you knew the version with the largest number > stuck on the end of

RE: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Dave Kilroy
I believe it's resources needed to make their new handling of UniCode work (also believe they are looking at ways of slimming down file sizes...) John Dixon wrote > from LC 6.7 - 2.8 mb in size > from LC 7.0 - 28.0 mb in size > > Where did all that bloat appear from !? - "Some are bor

RE: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread John Dixon
> Subject: Re: Which version... > > As far as I know (which isn't saying much): > > LC 6.6.x = maintenance of 'old generation' versions (e.g. carbon) > LC 6.7.x = 'new generation' stuff like cocoa, excluding UniCode > LC 7.x.x = all 'new generati

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Dave Kilroy
As far as I know (which isn't saying much): LC 6.6.x = maintenance of 'old generation' versions (e.g. carbon) LC 6.7.x = 'new generation' stuff like cocoa, excluding UniCode LC 7.x.x = all 'new generation' stuff, including Unicode LC 6.6 is for working on legacy stacks LC 6.7 is for those wanting

Re: Which version...

2015-01-15 Thread Graham Samuel
n...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag > von John Dixon > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2015 08:57 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: RE: Which version... > > > Hi Dave, > > Yes, but my question really is.. > 'What is the reason for having all theses different versi

RE: Which version...

2015-01-14 Thread John Dixon
s they say, were history ? being pedantic, but I will ask again... Which is the version to use ?... Dixie > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:47:31 -0800 > From: d...@applicationinsight.com > To: use-revolut...@lists.runrev.com > Subject: Re: Which version... > > Hi John > > I

Re: Which version...

2015-01-14 Thread Dave Kilroy
Hi John I do know that on the 5th of January Frazer put out community 6.7.1 for Windows again because the installer wasn't working properly - and I could add LC 6.7.2 to your list which also is dated on the 9th... - "Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upo