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Subject: Re: Xcode 4
From: Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla () macports ! org>
Date: 2011-03-12 2:24:37
Message-ID: 88A4A99C-4CA7-4C0E-A719-6E1457443D2F () macports ! org
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On Mar 11, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 17:59, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
>
>> I would guess a large percentage of MacPorts users have 4, 5, 10 or
>> more machines at any given time so likely some 5+ year old
>> machines, likely G4's and G5's.
>
> Hmm. I would guess a large percentage of MacPorts users have just a
> single Mac. But I guess I have no way of really knowing for sure.
Well, "large" being subjective both could be true. Do you still have
your Panther machine? Well there you go :)
>> A dimension of ROI is almost always time.
>>
>> I have a PPC G5 under management that is processing hundreds of
>> online manufacturing orders per week and I expect it to remain in
>> service for a couple more years.
>
> Yeah, with servers it's always trickier. "Never touch a running
> system" and such. If it works, why change it? Of course, in that
> case, you don't need to update MacPorts or the ports on it either;
> they're already working so just keep using them.
True, other then security patches like the recent postfix and pure-
ftpd tls patches. But it's easy enough to maintain older hardware/
software without official support. My feeling is that MacPorts, and
Apple for that matter, supports old hardware/software about right.
--
Brad
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