On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 9:42 AM Jason E. Aten <j.e.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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.
Thanks. Required for older hardware seems like a valid reason to me. Please comment on https://go.dev/issue/57125, which is the proposal for dropping High Sierra support. Ian > 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/CAOyqgcVoC4zHTCWV_odFiyLBZG65_sPKUS6C2ow638dd%2BCqMww%40mail.gmail.com.
