Binary compatibility on Linux

[Jordi Sayol]

Al 10/11/12 21:18, En/na Jacob Carlborg ha escrit:
> On 2012-11-10 20:17, Robert wrote:
>> I would say supporting distributions which are no longer supported by
>> the distributions itself is of very little value. So for Ubuntu the last
>> still supported LTS version should be old enough.
>>
>> I think virtually nobody is using anything older, especially not 06.XX!
>> And if they do, then they will have a whole bunch of other problems than
>> not being able to use your program.
> 
> I just picked the 6.x version to be sure it was compatible with everything else.
> 
> You say the latest LTS, but the LTS are supported for five years. Don't they release new LTS more often than that? According to this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS They release a new LTS every two years and they're supported for five years.
> 
> If I pick Ubuntu 12.04, which is the latest LTS, they still support 10.04 until 2013.
> 

>From Ubuntu 12.04 (April 2012), LTS has 5 years of support for Desktop and server versions. Before this, LTS for Desktop has 3 years support, so the last Ubuntu Desktop still supported is 10.04 (April 2010) and will finish in April 2013.

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Jordi Sayol