> On Sep 24, 2025, at 9:04 AM, Aivaras Stepukonis <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jim,
> 
> I think the goal of supporting an office suite for older-generation computers 
> is viable only insofar as the operating systems these computers use share 
> that goal. That narrows it down to Windows and Linux. The historical 
> development of macOS is what it is: disruptive. Therefore, I would 
> concentrate on the “latest and greatest” in macOS development.

For example, if for 4.2.x on macOS we can use a baseline macOS version that is 
a currently supported OS. We can also solve the Gatekeeper issue.

Best,
Dave

> 
> --
> Pagarbiai / Sincerely,
> 📧 Aivaras Stepukonis <mailto:[email protected]>
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> 2025-09-24 14:23, Jim Jagielski rašė:
>> This works for me.
>> 
>> We need to also figure out what we want to do regarding macOS and the 
>> x86/Apple Silicon division. We've stated for awhile that one of the reasons 
>> for AOO existence is to provide an office suite for old generation 
>> computers. That is why we still support older versions of macOS and 
>> build/ship x86 community builds. But that really also limits a lot of other 
>> things and sooner or later we'll need to bite the bullet and either say we 
>> are dropping older versions (and x86) or that we are keeping them, knowing 
>> that it hinders things.
>> 
>> BTW: Apple has gone on record that they are dropping Rosetta in the _very_ 
>> near future.
>> 
>>> On Sep 19, 2025, at 10:25 AM, Matthias Seidel<[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> We could update our mac M1 machine from macOS 15.7 to 26 (Tahoe) now.
>>> 
>>> But maybe we should wait until:
>>> 
>>> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128617
>>> 
>>> is fixed and then test again on macOS 26?
>>> 
>>> Opinions?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>>    Matthias
>>> 
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>> Jim
>>     "Those were the great old days, you know. And we was like the
>>      Roman Empire... The Corleone family was like the Roman Empire."
>>     "It was once..."
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