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On 01/03/13 03:04, Michael Hall wrote:<br>
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> On 02/28/2013 04:55 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:<br>
> > That's a worst-case scenario for Ubuntu as a platform.
The type of<br>
> > users most likely to install applications, not doing so,
because<br>
> > they're using an Ubuntu version that changes too often
for ISVs to<br>
> > bother with.,<br>
><br>
> This is also something that concerns me in our efforts to
make Ubuntu<br>
> a target platform for app developers. We need to make some
commitment<br>
> to supporting platform APIs during these rolling releases
between LTS<br>
> so developers know what they can expect.<br>
><br>
> Personally I don't think "target only LTS releases" is going
to be<br>
> acceptable to most ISVs, especially those writing consumer
"apps",<br>
> where you can go from nobody to the most downloaded and back
to nobody<br>
> in the span of 2 years (think of the rapid rise and fall of
games like<br>
> Words with Friends, or Draw Something).</span><br>
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.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
Victor<br>
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