Hi Ian, I too would like to see support for High Sierra continue. Here is some additional information to support the hardware argument.
Currently on eBay there are over 300 Mac Minis from mid 2010 and mid 2011 and a quick eyeball makes it seem like they can be had for less than US$100. (And that doesn't count MacBooks or iMacs.) They are an excellent machine for someone who can't afford a new Mac to buy and needs to set up as a home server for macOS-related work. There are numerous videos on YouTube about using 2010 and 2011 Mac Minis (and even more about using mid 2012): https://youtu.be/gTqlVdSfGK0 https://youtu.be/iqn2xGt3sos https://youtu.be/9yFewmhDymc Anyway, if GoLang stops supporting this hardware then these would no longer viable for testing and/or running newer Go code on macOS, albeit an earlier O/S version. Anyway, I know that a lot has to be taken into consideration but I wanted to add more details about how much hardware like this is available and what people might be using it for. -Mike P.S. I'll follow up over on the ticket, too. On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 1:36:03 PM UTC-5 Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 9:42 AM Jason E. Aten <j.e....@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 <ia...@golang.org> > wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 8:34 AM Jason E. Aten <j.e....@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/a3e67455-c433-49bc-8130-0cec5c87b502n%40googlegroups.com.
