On Mon, 6 Feb 2012, Sven Schreiber wrote: > On 02/06/2012 07:37 PM, Berend Hasselman wrote: >>> While on this subject -- any ideas on how long we need to >>> maintain PPC Mac support? Is it already redundant? >> >> I would just discontinue ppc support. Too much trouble. > > I tend to agree, but I'm not sure what's the relevant criterion here. > The last PPC models (PowerMac G5 AFAIK) are maybe five years old
Yes, they were last produced in August 2006. > and there may be some still in use. Only the latest two Mac > OS versions do not run on PPC. If you compare this to > Windows, the three latest versions are supported (XP, Vista, > 7), and the required hardware (sse2 support) is up to ten > years old. > > But of course, as long as nobody besides Allin is > maintaining the PPC build, this discussion is kind of moot. The PPC build of gretl is automated and it's not a problem to keep churning out updated dmg's. The only problem is potential confusion among Mac users as to what they should download, but hopefully the recent website changes should help. Note to website translators: there are a couple of new page-templates in CVS, namely mac-intel_pat.html and mac-ppc_pat.html. Allin Cottrell
