On Wed, Aug 12, 2015, at 03:56 AM, SciFi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > > > > > Hello, > > > I need to give my 2–coins–worth on this topic, please. > > > If Mozilla decides to drop the 32–bit Mac users, > then also drop the 32–bit Windows users > and the 32–bit Linux users > etc etc etc etc etc. > > I bet you’d hear a HUGE CRY from these other groups.
Dropping 32-bit Linux would be a totally reasonable proposition. Dropping 32-bit Windows would not--we haven't shipped an official 64-bit Windows release yet, and a huge percentage of our users are using 32-bit Windows, so they can't run a 64-bit Firefox. It's not the same issue at all. Apple has shipped support for 64-bit applications since OS X 10.5, and has actually dropped support for 32-bit in recent releases. > So I don’t want us poor Mac users to be slighted, either. > > I guess I need to be their ‘voice’ in this discussion. > > So I request Mozilla to at least continue supporting the 32–bit Mac users > until > and only until > a third–party group can deal out working code for them > as mentioned earlier in this thread. > This will also be applicable to other Firefox–based apps > that are presently available for Mac users > such as Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, > etc. Sorry, but that's just not how things work. If someone wants to maintain a 32-bit Firefox build, like how Tenfourfox is maintaining a PPC Firefox build, that's fine, but it doesn't mean Mozilla should have to keep things working until such a group emerges. > I use this iMac in 32–bit mode whenever it’s available within each app. > There’s no need to try 64–bit mode when the hardware is designed with no > more than 4–GB RAM entirely. > (That’s the main reason the app called SixtyFour deals with, > <http://getsixtyfour.com/> > further explanations at that site) So this transition wouldn't affect you then, you could simply run Firefox as a 64-bit app. Just because you *choose* to run apps in 32-bit mode doesn't mean you *have* to. I am sympathetic to users that can't afford to upgrade their hardware, but "I want to run apps in 32-bit mode" isn't a compelling argument. Right now the best data we have shows that only 1.5% of our users are running 32-bit Mac builds, so I think it's reasonable to drop support for those users once we have the other blocking issues resolved. -Ted _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
