On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 4:04 PM Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > > On 2024-09-09 07:06, Bruno Haible wrote: > > And more of the same kind. Solaris 9's successor, Solaris 10, was released > > in 2005. Solaris 9 workarounds therefore can also be dropped. > > Yes, sounds good. The rule I suggest is that if a distro's supplier no > longer supports it, we needn't support it either. Solaris 10 is still > supported by Oracle but Solaris 9 is not, so we can drop Solaris > 9-and-earlier support.
I don't think relying on supplier fiat is a good approach. Apple is notorious for deprecating support quickly in an effort to drive hardware sales. The market determines what support is needed; and not a supplier that has seller's regret. Consider, Windows 7 still has about 5% of market share. Microsoft would love to move people onto a different version of Windows that commoditizes the user, but users are resisting it. Additionally, some products have technical reasons to remain fixed on an older version, like some medical equipment. Again, the market is determining what is needed. Jeff
