[GNC-dev] Dependencies on Launchpad

[Geert Janssens]

On maandag 27 mei 2019 20:08:24 CEST Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> On 5/27/19 1:15 AM, Geert Janssens via gnucash-devel wrote:
> > Op maandag 27 mei 2019 09:22:42 CEST schreef Colin Law:
> >> I would not bother trying to build for Trusty. It went out of support
> >> in April, nobody should be using it now.
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
> >> 
> >> Colin
> > 
> > Agreed.
> > 
> > Trusty does come with googletest, but the package is called gtest. It was
> > not merged yet with the google-mock package (both of which are required
> > for gnucash).
> > 
> > I believe the real issue though is the version is too old. It's 1.6 and
> > IIRC we need at least 1.7.
> > 
> > Geert
> 
> Auch!  I had grabbed the extended service date and was thinking it was
> still viable through 2022.  Looking at the various dependencies shows
> that Bionic (18.04) might be the earliest Ubuntu with all the needed
> modules.  I think I'll repackage for that and see how that goes.
> 
What dependencies are missing for Ubuntu 16.04  (the current oldest LTS) ? Of 
course you are free to spend your effort where you see fit.

> Any feeling on how many are using the earlier versions of Ubuntu?

No idea.

Geert