[Adium-devl] Adium 1.0.6 sees Adium 1.1.4 on Mac OS X 10.3.x

Evan Schoenberg evan at adiumx.com
Thu Nov 15 02:39:06 UTC 2007


What's the story here?  I thought we'd fixed this problem. :\

-Evan

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Walt Pawley <omitted>
> Date: November 14, 2007 8:09:11 PM EST
> To: feedback at adiumx.com
> Subject: [Adium-feedback] Updating error
>
> IMHO, this is a bug. I run several versions of Mac OS X on
> different hardware. Just a few minutes ago, I was regaled by
> Adium 1.0.6 that Adium 1.1.4 was available. Its virtues were
> extolled. I had an "Install Update" button to click. But,
> according to your web site, I can't run 1.1.4 on this OS
> (10.3.9).
>
> I've managed to get into this same scenario with Skype, so I
> did NOT click the handy button. Perhaps, at some point, Adium's
> update process would have recognized that wiping out my current
> installation to be replaced by new, useless code would not be
> something I'd care to do. Skype was not so kind.
>
> If I need to upgrade the OS to run your new code, don't give me
> a button to install the new stuff. Tell me that I need to fix
> things first.
>
> Better, don't write your code so that it orphans old operating
> systems. FWIW, their a just a whole big bunch of Mac users that
> do not upgrade their OSs and their computers every time Apple
> decides it's stylish to do so.
> -- 
>
> Walter M. Pawley <omitted>
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