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Old 06-02-2020, 06:18 PM   #234
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Originally Posted by idab View Post
I own the PW3

There are more people using the pw4 than the pw3 currently.

5.12.5 can't run on it. It would require a rewritten kernel.

It's not "difficult" it just takes time and lots of testing.

5.12.5 isn't available because it's not worth spending that much money on software engineers to bring it to the pw3

I would rather them focus all development power on current gen devices and future releases. I think 99% of people agree.
Just curious where are you getting that dramatic re-write idea from?
Software versions usually follow the Major.Minor.Patch logic.

The jump from 5.12.3 to 5.12.5 implies there are no big structural changes in the software, so it's not likely that the PW3 couldn't run 5.12.5 in principle.

It's a black box to me, but since they had .4 out and removed it, I think it's more likely that the PW3 happened to have some issue with .4 and they still have to figure it out before PW3 can catch up with .5
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