Hi Dave, Am 17.09.20 um 21:15 schrieb Dave Fisher: > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 17, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Marcus <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote: >> >> Am 17.09.20 um 15:00 schrieb Jim Jagielski: >>> Here is my thought. >>> AOO exists to serve a large segment of the "I need office software" >>> community which is, IMO at least, dis-served. Not everyone can afford the >>> latest and greatest PC, with the latest version of the OS, and lots of RAM >>> and disk. This is especially true in developing countries. If you have >>> recent hardware and software, you have lots of options. If you don't, you >>> are screwed. >> right, an argument that oft got forgotten. > I wasn’t forgetting this argument. If we keep 4.1.x around then that line can > continue to be an option. > >>> So with that in mind, baselining a "old" version of macOS (Oops... OS X ;) >>> ) makes sense. >>> Now, of course, you can build and run AOO on recent/current versions of >>> macOS and hardware. We want to ensure that those stuck on older versions >>> can also do that and, especially, ensure that our community builds support >>> them. >> Sounds good and helpful. >> >> I'm +1 for keeping the baseline for every OS as long as (technically) >> possible on a low level. > My fear is that we end up in a situation where only one community member has > the ability to build and for whatever reason they disappear. > > This is not an idle concern. It has happened twice with macOS.
That also happened with Windows... Regards, Matthias > > Regards, > Dave > >> Marcus >> >> >> >>>>> On Sep 15, 2020, at 6:59 PM, Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> The 4.1,X line of releases should remain focused on MacOSX Lion 10.7. >>>> >>>> Which version should we target for 4.2.0 and trunk? >>>> >>>> Some facts: >>>> (1) The minimum version of MacOSX you can get easily is Yosemite 10.10. >>>> This runs on these machines. [1] The era is 2007-2009. >>>> >>>> (2) Catalina 10.15 is Apple's preferred version >>>> It runs on these machines. [2] The era is roughly 2012-2013. >>>> >>>> (3) Building for Lion 10.7 requires special configuration of Xcode which >>>> makes it hard to reproduce our community builds. >>>> >>>> No hurry to have this discussion. I just wanted to gauge developers >>>> thoughts before I make another attempt to build. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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