[NUG] Bug Fixes (was API 2.0)

[Norman Palardy]

> On Mar 14, 2019, at 1:07 PM, don <don at flippingdades.com> wrote:
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> On 03/14/2019 12:39 PM, Norman Palardy wrote:
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>> I didn't upgrade from 2006 to 2012 because linux printing was limited to 72 dpi.
>>>> I'm stuck now on 32 bit for a bug that makes some compiled apps crash.
>>> Printing ?
>>> 32 bit linux is really getting hard to install & support so moving to 64 bit should be a priority
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> Hi Norman,
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> I would love to work on 64 bit, but the code:
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> g = OpenPrinter()  with or without a printer setup
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> causes an instant crash, but only on Linux systems using the MATE desktop which I think is about the 4th most common. So if 3% of users use Linux and 15% of them use MATE, I don't think it will get much priority. I don't remember the exact phrase on the bug report page, but it was something that *I* interpretted to mean "has no prioroty yet".

mac and Windows users are by far and away the most predominant users of Xojo (free and paid combined)
I forget the exact splits but it is overwhelmingly mac/windows (like 98% or something)

And never mind paid users where they are even more overwhelmingly mac & window 
Paid users on linux are a very tiny fraction of the market for Xojo - so yes it gets less attention because of that

> They knew that the Feedback program crashed on MATE in early 2017. I reported the connection with OpenPrinter in early 2018. The Feedback program fixed itself, the printing still causes the crash. Another user on the Forum experiences the same crash, but without the printer code. He didn't know which code caused it.

Huh ..... 
there are some desktop managers on linux that simply dont work with Xojo
And I dont know if thats Xojos issue or the window managers

Its one reason they specifically list which version they support
Linux is just too scattered a market to be able to say "we support linux" as a general thing