[osflash] Flex2 SDK - produce non-v8.5 swfs?

[Johannes Nel]

as a side note search tinic's blog and linux on google

On 4/25/06, Johannes Nel <johannes.nel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> its a completely new virtual machine, in 8.5/8 there are 2 virtual
> machines and they have limited interop. try wine?
>
> On 4/25/06, Richard Lyman < richard.lyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 4/24/06, Tim Walling < tswalling at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I don't believe you'll be able to produce a swf that can play on an
> > older
> > > player. Flash 8.5 (9) is a requirement for Flex 2. The basic framework
> > is
> > > built on the new player and takes advantage of all kinds of new
> > features,
> > > e4x, etc. Not to mention you're required to write Actionscript 3 which
> > won't
> > > run without the new AVM in Flash 8.5 (9).
> > >
> > > Tim
> > > timwalling.com
> >
> > That'd be kinda harsh - wouldn't it? I understand the need to offer
> > new functionality and have it only work in the new player, but what
> > about backwards compatibility? Can't they release the old
> > framework.swc stuff and have a switch on the compiler to get an older
> > version?
> >
> > I guess I'm kinda concerned about Linux support... the player seems to
> > take forever to come out for Linux compared to the other platforms.
> > Maybe I should be asking if anyone knows when the Linux 8.5/9 flash
> > player will be released?
> >
> > -Rich
> >
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