PaulStoffregen
Well-known member
I'm considering dropping support for Arduino 1.0.6 and 1.6.5, and maybe even 1.8.1.
Is anyone still using these old versions? Or can anyone see a strong reason why Teensyduino should keep supporting them?
1.8.1 was the last version before major changes in arduino-builder. 1.8.7 seems to fix the performance regressions
(needlessly recompiling in many cases) that came with 1.8.2 to 1.8.5.
1.6.5 was the last version using Java for the build process. 1.6.6 removed lots of Java code and added the Google Go based arduino-builder.
1.0.6 was the last version in the 1.0 series, before platform.txt and major structural changes in the Java code.
The 2 reasons to drop these old versions are lack of support for the improved Ports menu (which has greatly reduced the number of "my computer doesn't recognize Teensy" threads on this forum...) and no testing is done anymore with those old versions.
Is anyone still using these old versions? Or can anyone see a strong reason why Teensyduino should keep supporting them?
1.8.1 was the last version before major changes in arduino-builder. 1.8.7 seems to fix the performance regressions
(needlessly recompiling in many cases) that came with 1.8.2 to 1.8.5.
1.6.5 was the last version using Java for the build process. 1.6.6 removed lots of Java code and added the Google Go based arduino-builder.
1.0.6 was the last version in the 1.0 series, before platform.txt and major structural changes in the Java code.
The 2 reasons to drop these old versions are lack of support for the improved Ports menu (which has greatly reduced the number of "my computer doesn't recognize Teensy" threads on this forum...) and no testing is done anymore with those old versions.