Wednesday, 4 April 2012

ARMv7 OK and Supported?

I'm trying to get around to migrating my Internet setup from an Iyonix
to an ARMini, as part of which I've been trying to make sure it'll all
still work.

Now, I know perfectly well that RISC OS NetSurf is ARMv7 compatible, as
I use a recent development version on such a system on a regular basis
without crashes (well, no more crashes than the general average). But
it comes as quite a surprise to learn that the RISC OS Open
compatibility guide
<http://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/ARMv7%20software%20compatibility%20list>
is so ill-maintained that NetSurf, an extremely common piece of
software, is listed as "Seems OK" for version 2.6!

Therefore, would the NetSurf developers be willing to have the "Seems
OK" replaced with the ARMv7 OK sprite, signifying (to quote the wiki's
definition) "works OK, involvement of author(s), willingness to address
further issues as they arise"? (Tinct issues notwithstanding.)

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