* Derek Fountain (derekfountain@yahoo.co.uk) [030201 02:29]: -> ->I have to build a version for 7.3 with Qt2; ->I have to build a version for 8.0 with Qt3 and GCC-2.9x; ->I have to build a version for 8.1 with Qt3 and GCC-3.2; ->That last one should run on 8.2, but I mustn't update my build machine to 8.2 ->because then I can't guarantee my program will run on 8.1 because of ->potential glibc problems. -> ->Anyone care to explain this to Adobe when trying to persuade them to port ->Photoshop, et al? -> ->And of course, we're only discussing versions of SuSE, not "Linux" in general. -> The quite simple solution is for Adobe to build their app against static libs and ship them with the program so they are housed inside the directory with the application. Or have compat libs in the system to run the software. I still use Kinkatta as my AIM client and it's a KDE2 program. It works just fine because the libs are present...even though I'm running KDE 3.1 as my desktop. I think this conversation is just a bunch of FUD and excuse for why someone can't do something. Linux doesn't have to be static for years and years to get people to port software to it. That's a bunch of crap in my book. And as of late RH, Mandrake and SuSE are pretty much on the same track together. So as long as the company making the app has some knowledge of how things work in the environment they are developing in..then it shouldn't make much of a difference. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I'll tell you what you should see.