Re: Is D7 "abandonware"?

In article <456ca199$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nick Hodges (CodeGear)
says...
Dennis Cote wrote:

You have stated here that D7 is still being sold and supported.

Yep. I state it because it is true.

So tell me, when was the last bug fix update or hotfix for D7
released?

Sometime right after D8, IIRC.

Sure 8 = 7 + 1, but D7 remained the current Delphi _Win32_ version until
D2005. D8 came with D7 in the box for crying out loud.

D8 was not, in any practical sense, a new _version_ of Delphi, it was a
whole new _Delphi_, period. So of course D7 got updates and fixes after
the release of D8.

Q: Has D7 had any updates or fixes since the release of BDS2005?

More to the point, will there *ever* be any further update or fix
release for D7?

A particularly pertinent question given that the last "fix" was itself
broken! If D7 is being actively supported (in the sense that it is
being maintained) then an update is long, long overdue.


And perhaps that's the problem in this discussion. I think perhaps we
should stop talking about "support" - a very broad term - and instead
use the term that identifies the specific _form_ of support that is seen
as lacking - i.e. maintenance.

Up to now I think most people have been saying "support" when they meant
"maintenance".... anyone approaching the discussion sensibly would ber
perfectly clear that updates and fixes is what is meant by "support" by
those asking about "support" in the form of, erm, updates and fixes.

Q: Is D7 being actively supported ?

A: (Honest, but slippery) : Yes - we get and answer support calls all
the time.


Q: Is D7 being actively maintained ?

A: Erm, .....


;)

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Jolyon Smith
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