Re: Ubuntu on tabets
- Posted by EUWX Mar 01, 2013
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... Euphoria doesn't give two hoots what the kernel version is and the kernel doesn't give two hoots about Euphoria.
I think you will find that not just Matt, but almost all developers in the Open source world are stretched to the limit. They have their own work and need to feed the family and devote time for the good of the community.
Therefore, I as a beneficiary of their efforts, would like to see their energies directed towards least work. Maintenance of three versions of Euphoria (Windows, Linux, and Mac) is now complicated by the thrust towards an android version and then another peculiar Raspberry pi version (because of the unexpected popularity of this device).
You are right in saying that "the kernel doesn't give two hoots about Euphoria. " That is why I do care three hoots (not just two hoot), about the kernel version to choose and use if the same kernel is available in many distros and will work on x86 and ALL Arm CPUs.
There is also another thing to consider with regard to the raspberry pi. Arch is not and will not be for the foreseeable future be the official distro for the raspberry pi & the 3.7 kernel is available for raspbian it just requires the user to "forcefully" choose to use it as it is still undergoing testing so do you build for the 95% using raspbian or the much much much smaller percentage using Arch or the even smaller percentage using riscos?
Having said what I said in the first part of my response, you as an individual developer wanted at that time to expend your time on a separate version for raspberry PI, it would have been more appropriate for you to do so on a OFFICIAL Arch release
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads - - scroll down and you will see the official Arch version (using kernel 3.7.x) listed as one of the APPROVED distros. You will also notice the phrase -hf- there, addressing your concerns about "hard float." For a person (that is, you) concerned solely with the Raspberry Pi and HF implementation, it would be expedient to use the latest Arch, and then release one also for the Raspbian, when it acquires 3.7.x kernel. While Ira is very knowledgeable and can help you always, for Matt and others to help you it would be easier for them with the reduced changes inherent in the use of 3.7.x
All in all, it seems you have failed to recognise the ENORMOUS significance of the convergence of the two Linux/Euphoria versions (ARM and x86). Suddenly the user and support base increases dramatically with one Linux for both ARM and x86.
