> > perhaps the V4 software was built with and ran on an older unix/linux > > distribution and would require significant work to get running on a > > newer server ? thats only one plausible scenario I can imagine... > > That is a reasonable conjecture, but misses the point. On occasion > I have had as many as four different versions of Linux running > on my machine concurrently. I have run Windows, MSDOS, and Linux > on a single machine, concurrently. I have run 80x86 software > on a Sun Sparc.
I think you are missing the point. It isn't matter of whether the hardware exists for v4 to run on, it is a matter of time. Is it worth the effort of getting v4 up and running on the v5 hardware, or is it more productive to stick with the v5 software and fix whatever problems are stopping the v4 people from upgrading? There is probably additional work that would need to be done to keep the v4 and v5 data in sync on a continuing basis. Since the amount of people experiencing issues with v4 seems to be limited, it would appear to me that the right course of action was taken. Unfortunately, those that are having issues are having to deal with the hardship, but that happens sometimes. That someone has labeled the GIMPS maintainers as "Amateur" because of a slight glitch is ridiculous. That this thread continues to go on has made me contemplate unsubscribing and leaving the "community" out of disdain for having to filter out the whining. _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
