Primarily the argument is that High Sierra is the most stable version of OSX, and thus preferred by those who highly value stability and reliability. It is also the only version supported on older hardware, such as my 2015 mac book pro. These mac books have superior keyboards and better access to USB ports and HDMI ports. They are readily available on the used market for testing purposes. Just last week I bought my wife one for only $320. There are tens if not hundreds of listings on ebay.
On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 12:34 PM Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 8:34 AM Jason E. Aten <j.e.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The Go 1.20 release notes say: > > > > > Go 1.20 is the last release that will run on macOS 10.13 High Sierra > or 10.14 Mojave. Go 1.21 will require macOS 10.15 Catalina or later. > > > > This is sad to hear, since High Sierra is the preferred (most stable) > available mac operating system. > > > > Please consider continuing to support High Sierra in future Go versions. > > Our general guideline is that we stop supporting an operating system > when that operating system is itself no longer supported. According > to Wikipedia, Apple stopped supporting High Sierra in 2020, so > presumably people should be moving off it. It's also going to be > steadily harder for us to test it. What's the argument for us > continuing to support it? > > Ian > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAPNEFAZ-t6KxW%2BX0szQ4D_yP1tcb0sGnf1CC1k9gtMOdzg%3D7tg%40mail.gmail.com.
