32 bit gnucash won't open in pclos

Doug lemans4 at internode.on.net
Tue Apr 26 04:50:26 EDT 2016


John,
 I understand the importance of security updates. PCLos updates as a rolling distribution. We get an updated Kernel about monthly, but sometimes more frequently. Other security updates are timely too. The development crew seems to be on the ball.

regards, Doug
ps: I tried Ubuntu some time ago, & found it more difficult to use. I do not think I have the skills to run Debian.


On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:47:14 -0700
John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> 
> > On Apr 25, 2016, at 1:15 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sunday 24 April 2016 00:08:35 Doug wrote:
> >> John,
> >> wash your mouth!
> > 
> > It seems to me John's reaction was a direct response to the bad name calling the PCLOS 
> > maintainers initiated in the IRC conversation with Mikee.
> > 
> > That's simply not the best way to start a conversation. I'm glad Mike took it relatively lightly 
> > and particularly he shared it on the gnucash mailing list.
> > 
> > To be clear I don't want to turn this into a flamewar between gnucash and PCLOS. On the 
> > contrary even. I'm responding here in hopes to avoid that!
> > 
> > I sympathize with the PCLOS maintainers. Gnucash is a complex piece of software with many 
> > heavy dependencies. I can understand their frustration when these dependencies change. I 
> > have been there myself while working on the Windows port and so is John as maintainer of the 
> > OSX/Quarz port. On top of that, as distro maintainers gnucash is just one of many complex 
> > packages to worry about.
> > 
> > In this case the frustration could have been avoided by talking to us. And this message is also 
> > my open invitation to do so faster in the future.
> > 
> > As said in my previous message, I can't guarantee we can fix all packaging issues but we 
> > certainly can and love to share what we do know.
> 
> I actually have much broader concerns about all of the minor distros with small teams: They can't keep up with vulnerabilities. Yeah, GnuCash is complicated, but WebKit, OpenSSL, Apache, and the kernel are way more complicated, and keeping them up to date on a net-facing system is critically important. So that's a serious question for everyone who's using "boutique" distros, especially if the distro isn't repackaging one of the majors: Are you getting timely security updates?
> 
> If not, you really must switch to a major like Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/Centos/RHEL, and OpenSuSE or a distro that's based on one of those and passes through its security updates.
> 
> I completely agree with Geert about packagers: We want all distros to ship the latest stable GnuCash. If a packager is having trouble building, he or she should ask here or on IRC for help.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
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