On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 10:04:25AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 13/09/2021 09.35, Howard Spoelstra wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:21 AM Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com > > <mailto:th...@redhat.com>> wrote: > > > > The versions that we specify for macOS are way too old already. Let's > > rephrase this without specific version numbers, pointing the users > > to the latest version instead. > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com <mailto:th...@redhat.com>> > > --- > > v2: Rephrased to be more in sync with docs/about/build-platforms.rst > > > > _download/macos.md | 6 ++++-- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/_download/macos.md b/_download/macos.md > > index 06aa811..c55438a 100644 > > --- a/_download/macos.md > > +++ b/_download/macos.md > > @@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ QEMU can be installed from <strong>MacPorts</strong>: > > > > <pre>sudo port install qemu</pre> > > > > -QEMU requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later, but it is recommended > > -to use Mac OS X 10.7 or later. > > +QEMU requires the the most recent macOS version that is currently > > available. > > +Support for the previous version will be dropped two years after the > > current > > +version has been released or when Apple drops support for it, whatever > > comes > > +first. > > -- 2.27.0 > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Nice to see this clarified. > > I guess a small typo crept in: "QEMU requires the the most recent macOS > > version that is currently available." > > Thanks, I'll drop one of the "the"s. > > > Also, is this statement correct when the 2 year previous version(s) are > > also supported? > > https://qemu-project.gitlab.io/qemu/about/build-platforms.html only talks > about "the previous major version" ... so that's a good question, what > happens if a vendor releases multiple major versions within two years? > > I guess the intention was that all previous versions are supported as long > as the two years haven't expired yet. We might need to update the > build-platforms text in that respect, too.
The intention was that we limit the scope of our support to at most 2 concurrent releases, even if the vendor has more still under support. The current major version at all times, and the previous major version for upto 2 years (unless vendor EOLs it before then). Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
