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On 01/03/13 03:04, Michael Hall wrote: > > On 02/28/2013 04:55 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > That's a worst-case scenario for Ubuntu as a platform. The type of > > users most likely to install applications, not doing so, because > > they're using an Ubuntu version that changes too often for ISVs to > > bother with., > > This is also something that concerns me in our efforts to make Ubuntu > a target platform for app developers. We need to make some commitment > to supporting platform APIs during these rolling releases between LTS > so developers know what they can expect. > > Personally I don't think "target only LTS releases" is going to be > acceptable to most ISVs, especially those writing consumer "apps", > where you can go from nobody to the most downloaded and back to nobody > in the span of 2 years (think of the rapid rise and fall of games like > Words with Friends, or Draw Something). Anyhow 2 years is way to spaced out for releases targeted to mobile products IMHO. I do think we need to define a set of APIs where compatibility is managed ( not necessarily mantained) from LTS to LTS. Qt5 is a good place to start. > - -- Thanks, Victor -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRNIYnAAoJEM+kklpxHXSH2+UIAJYWeo8RGNWI+adR6T3F0vO4 R6mzeriDIELMv9yESWQ0FL5DcLQK7HyHNhUQCNX7SxM2aMWqO/hTwrVB9x/k078k I2gKYusUktHblut1lBRlZLpwHujYV6iI31JjMIQ7fUSzA87jqXQ4Z76CiP4QD5cB fMrLLc4TUIVwSPxeot1VDw9fjH0XTtvX4MXT1QvZawDlllrptHbrAVFLyibokGvY un1mNCteqmA341wmxkuSlgqZC8IRWbHJWfXlU8Bbcusotpq2x8jLsd4q/6wQm2Xj bthTZ12pGpF6wJKlVMoaPNvW56rfp2W1G8ognQlcD/2fWxWh+feSnit5FZuc4gw= =7ASV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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