Re: [GNC-dev] recent CMake warnings and Ubuntu LTS support

> On Aug 18, 2023, at 00:32, Frank H. Ellenberger <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Geert,
> 
> Am 17.08.23 um 18:24 schrieb Geert Janssens:
> :
>> As our baseline is still 3.10, I have kept some compatibility code for older cmake versions.
>> If however we choose to support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as oldest distro, we could set cmake 3.16
>> as baseline and then the compatibility code could also be dropped. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has
>> reached end of standard support in May 2023, so IMO that's something we could consider.
> :
> 
> IMHO we should drop Ubuntu 18.04 support.
> 

I have no problem with bumping up the minimum CMake version as long as it's the same in gnucash and gnucash-docs. IIRC there are already other issues blocking building 5.x on Ubuntu 18.04 so the support isn't really there.

Regards,
John Ralls