Re: [qemu-web v2 PATCH] Update the information about the required version of macOS

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

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 <thuth@redhat.com
> > <mailto:thuth@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 <thuth@redhat.com <mailto:thuth@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
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