Although I have several applications that I still maintain in Delphi 5,
but I admit that I even didn't bother to upgrade IBO - still have 4.8.7
installed and I'm OK with it. Sooner or later these applications will be
rewriten in newer versions of Delphi (D2009+), so I second the idea of
droping support for something older then D7.

My 0.02$
Marcin

W dniu 30.04.2011 04:38, Support List pisze:

> All,
>
> I have put a new release out in all areas.
>
> Also, for those who would like a look ahead, I have also put the beta for
> ibo5.0.1 in the registered customer download area.
>
> Also, due to the recent difficulties with Delphi 6 having troubles with my
> code, I am contemplating dropping support for these 4 versions of Delphi:
>
> CPPB 5& 6
> Delphi 5& 6
>
> I would like a sense of how much this will be a problem for anyone.
> Getting these working again could require a considerably amount of my time
> that I would prefer to focus on other things.
>
> Also, if perhaps there are some in the community who can fight with the
> issue I am fighting (and win it) then I will take them under wing again and
> officially support them.
>
> If, at the very least, someone will do the regression testing and identify
> which versions manifest the shift from working to broken, then I will take
> it from there and see if I can figure out and fix the issue.
>
>
> I am also considering dropping support for all versions of Delphi prior to
> 2009 in the ibo version 5 development cycles. Then, I will maintain the
> 4.9.x branch to keep a stable and bug fixed version for the versions of
> Delphi ibo version 5 no longer supports.
>
> I can hardly tell you how extremely tedious and time consuming it is to keep
> up over a dozen separate versions of compilers to support. Plus,
> Borland/Embarcadero didn't make it very easy to do either. I believe my time
> would be far better spent focusing on new features and better documentation.
>
> I am hoping to hear frank and honest feedback to help me make this decision
> in a way that is the best for everyone in the IBO community.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason LeRoy Wharton
> www.ibobjects.com
>
>
>
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