[vlc-devel] [RFC] Raise minimum required macOS version

[David Fuhrmann]

Hello Marvin,

I think we already agreed to require 10.11 as a minimum (see commit aafd5f992db1b69d9ff1e3c16a06cbf81db8c0e7, which is from 2018 already). Back then we also mentioned a reason for the bump, and it was the usage for an updated API which we wanted to definitely use. (See commit msg for some details.)

So, as jb said, we should continue using the same approach: Do you have one or multiple new APIs you definitely need, which are only available in later versions? Then they should be named, and if they are important enough, I think we can justify a bump.

Best regards,
David

> Am 21.02.2022 um 18:12 schrieb Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org>:
> 
> Sure, but why?
> What do you need in 10.11/.12 that would make your life easier as a developer? Please explain to other developers.
> 
> We've always dropped when we needed a new API, and not because we wanted...
> 
> jb
> 
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2022, at 16:09, Marvin Scholz wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> given that when we announced VLC 4.x we were expecting it to be released sooner, and it being in development for quite a while now, the planned minimum macOS version we aimed to support, macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) which was released in October 2014 is now already nearly 8 years old.
>> 
>> Personally I think that the maintenance burden for such an old OS for a not even released version of VLC is too much. We should at least require macOS 10.11, which works on nearly all 2012+ Macs IIRC or even a more recent macOS version like 10.12.
>> 
>> After all people who really need support for ancient macOS have the option to just use VLC 3 for the time being…
>> 
>> Whats everyones opinion on this?
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