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Forcing modernisation of some - (probably) especially gui - applications is overall a positive for the platform as it also identifies projects which are under-m
by mmsc 2y ago
Forcing modernisation of some - (probably) especially gui - applications is overall a positive for the platform as it also identifies projects which are under-maintained and allow for overall modernisation / forking / maintenance that is needed.
I wouldn't expect to (easily) run php5 code on Ubuntu 26.04, either. Applications that refuse to modernise can build qt5 themselves.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago> and allow for overall modernisation / forking / maintenance that is needed. Or, it allows for pointless churn, extra work, and breakage of apps that were still functional until someone yanked their dependencies. This kind of thing is why software rot is even a thing and people remarking that Win32 Is The Only Stable ABI on Linux ( https://blog.hiler.eu/win32-the-only-stable-abi/ https://blog.hiler.eu/win32-the-only-stable-abi/ ).
- mmsc 2y agoUbuntu does not claim they have a stable ABI between major version releases.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoSure? Acknowledging a shortcoming of an OS doesn't remove it.
- eviks 2y agoSince you can identify the projects without mandatory deprecation, what does deprecation give you? Also resources don't magically appear just because a resource constraint had been identified since that fact is also a given and obvious to everyone involved
- greatgib 2y agoAlternatively, it is the best for the Linux desktop year to never come by always having major application totally reworked with the last shiny stuff instead of just polishing it with all the small bugs and features improved in the app.