[sldev] Thoughts regarding "OS X Panther support"

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2008-05-05, at 21:26, Alissa Sabre wrote:
> Isn't it possible to stop supporting pre-SP4 Windows 2000?

Microsoft is making it increasingly difficult to download updates for  
Windows 2000, including SP4.

> As some comments to the blog entry wrote, Windows 2000 is older than
> MacOS X Panther.  I don't know how many residents log in with Windows
> 2000, but I guess the number is not very large.

You might be surprised. I use Windows 2000. I will continue to use  
Windows 2000 until Microsoft removes the suicide pill from later  
versions of Windows. There are very few core differences between 2000  
and XP. XP was basically a cosmetic change accompanied by extra  
bundled software.

> Will we accept changes that facilitates MacOS X 10.3.9 only, after
> the support for this version is discontinued?

I don't see why not, if they are portable and don't cause problems  
for later versions.

> Of course, this discussion assumes someone in the sldev will work on
> MacOS 10.3.9...  If nobody in the community have enthusiasm on it,
> termination by LL means a true end of life on the version.  Are there
> anybody who takes care of 10.3.9?

Well, I still run SL on my Mac mini, now and then, and that's still  
running Panther.