Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-29 Thread philip . chimento
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:03 AM John Ralls wrote: > [...] > Is it time to pull the plug on the older versions of MacOS? > [...] > So I'm inclined to change the support policy to 5 years, effective on the > fifth anniversary of Mountain Lion's release on 16 February; meaning that > after that gtk-

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-15 Thread Christoph Reiter
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 5:02 PM, John Ralls wrote: > So I'm inclined to change the support policy to 5 years, effective on the > fifth anniversary of Mountain Lion's release on 16 February; meaning that > after that gtk-osx won't actively support building on systems older than > Mountain Lion;

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-13 Thread Daniel O'Leary
I cannot recall what version of OS X I was using at the time I attempted the build. I ended up installing a package manager to install GTK+ and them modifying the build scripts for my application to add Macintosh OS X specific locations for the needed files. It was clunky but I obtained a succes

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-13 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:57 AM, Gabriele Greco wrote: > > > A post yesterday from someone actually trying to build Gtk on a Tiger system > raises a question I've been mulling for some time: > > Is it time to pull the plug on the older versions of MacOS? > > > Tiger is ancient, at least in OS

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-13 Thread Gabriele Greco
> A post yesterday from someone actually trying to build Gtk on a Tiger > system raises a question I've been mulling for some time: > > Is it time to pull the plug on the older versions of MacOS? > > Tiger is ancient, at least in OSX relase pace, recently chrome dropped also 10.8... Build for anci

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread G 3
On Jan 12, 2017, at 6:55 PM, daniel_olea...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Good Afternoon John, As I stated in the prior message, the application I am supporting is migrating from X/Motif to other more modern windowing systems and widget kits. It has been and continues to be built for several vers

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread daniel_olea...@sbcglobal.net
tion in this thread under the following list: >> >> Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions? >> >> Is there a problem with the list topic, distribution etc? The naming >> appears confusing at the least - people trying to use GTK in a Mac OS X >

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 12, 2017, at 2:50 PM, G 3 wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2017, at 5:20 PM, John Ralls wrote: > >> >>> On Jan 12, 2017, at 9:43 AM, G 3 wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Jan 12, 2017, at 12:16 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>> > On Jan 12, 2017, at 8:50 AM, G 3 wrote: > > > On Jan 1

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 12, 2017, at 1:26 PM, Daniel O'Leary > wrote: > > John: > > I received the communication in this thread under the following list: > > Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions? > > Is there a problem with the list topic, di

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread G 3
On Jan 12, 2017, at 5:20 PM, John Ralls wrote: On Jan 12, 2017, at 9:43 AM, G 3 wrote: On Jan 12, 2017, at 12:16 PM, John Ralls wrote: On Jan 12, 2017, at 8:50 AM, G 3 wrote: On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:02 AM, John Ralls wrote: A post yesterday from someone actually trying to build Gtk

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 12, 2017, at 9:43 AM, G 3 wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2017, at 12:16 PM, John Ralls wrote: > >> >>> On Jan 12, 2017, at 8:50 AM, G 3 wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:02 AM, John Ralls wrote: >>> A post yesterday from someone actually trying to build Gtk on a Tiger

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread G 3
On Jan 12, 2017, at 12:16 PM, John Ralls wrote: On Jan 12, 2017, at 8:50 AM, G 3 wrote: On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:02 AM, John Ralls wrote: A post yesterday from someone actually trying to build Gtk on a Tiger system raises a question I've been mulling for some time: Is it time to pull th

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 12, 2017, at 8:50 AM, G 3 wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:02 AM, John Ralls wrote: > >> A post yesterday from someone actually trying to build Gtk on a Tiger system >> raises a question I've been mulling for some time: >> >> Is it time to pull the plug on the older versions of M

Re: [gtk-osx-users] Support for ancient MacOS versions?

2017-01-12 Thread G 3
On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:02 AM, John Ralls wrote: A post yesterday from someone actually trying to build Gtk on a Tiger system raises a question I've been mulling for some time: Is it time to pull the plug on the older versions of MacOS? N!!! When I took over the proje