[X2Go-Dev] Fwd: Re: [X2Go-User] Client for PowerPC Macs ?

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Stefan,

On Di 17 Apr 2012 09:42:51 CEST Stefan Baur wrote:

> Am 17.04.2012 09:34, schrieb Mike Gabriel:
>
>>
>> As you are the one who gives his time to the Mac builds currently, it is
>> fully ok to say: No, we will not support old Mac OS versions on old PPC
>> hardware. Esp. if you cannot test the build, I guess it does not make
>> much sense giving time and effort for this backporting project.
>>
>> My 2¢,
>> Mike
>
> Seconded.  I'm not sure if recent (10.6, 10.7) OS X versions are  
> available for PPC, if they are, I guess we should support them, but  
> as I already wrote in my poll, 10.5 is not receiving security  
> updates any more, so the same goes for 10.4.  We should not waste  
> time supporting seriously outdated versions.  Same goes for Windows:  
> I haven't tried if the Windows X2Go Client runs on Windows 95, 98,  
> Millenium, NT 3.something, NT 4 or W2K.  Maybe it does, but I  
> wouldn't rush to help anyone if it doesn't.
>
> We should limit our support to operating systems still supported by  
> their manufacturer/distributor.
>
> Unless, of course, somebody proves me wrong by showing that a large  
> part of our userbase is running on such manufacturer-unsupported  
> operating systems.

Agreed! Another approach is: contract one of the developers to support  
old operating systems.

Mike

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