[Bf-committers] [patch] To correct the current problems with Window 98

[Ken Hughes]

I'm not arguing about whether to fix this or not: I'm just pointing out 
that the web page isn't authoritative.

Ken

jmsoler at free.fr wrote:
> Is it a so big problem if, with only 3 lines of code, we can offer Blender 2.46
> to users who have not other choise than window 98 ?
>
> Selon Ken Hughes <khughes at pacific.edu>:
>
>   
>> Just because a platform does/doesn't appear on that doesn't mean they're
>> supported. For 2.46 Linux x86_64 isn't there, FreeBSD 7.0 is now
>> required, and we don't have any official Irix build.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>> jmsoler at free.fr wrote:
>>     
>>> Win98 and Millenium are always on the features page.
>>> http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/
>>>
>>> jms
>>>
>>> Selon Daniel Genrich <daniel.genrich at gmx.net>:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I was wondering the same - yeah.
>>>>
>>>> Chris Burt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I thought Win 98 support was officially cut a long time ago?
>>>>>
>>>>> --Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:16 PM,  <jmsoler at free.fr> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Selon jmsoler at free.fr:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Selon Martin Poirier <theeth at yahoo.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Tom M <letterrip at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>> From: Tom M <letterrip at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] [patch] To correct the current problems
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>> with
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>>>> Window 98
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>> To: "bf-blender developers" <bf-committers at blender.org>
>>>>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 3:52 PM
>>>>>>>>> doh,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> didn't read that you'd done a patch... silly me...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> Except that the patch is unacceptable as is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We won't just remove profile support because it doesn't work in win9x,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> that'd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> be silly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> It seems that "this" was not used in Blender 2.45 and nobody complained
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>> (or i
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>>> missed something ?).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If anybody wants to get the compilation :
>>>>>>> http://www.zoo-logique.org/3D.Blender/index.php3?zoo=com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> Perhaps useful :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>