Deprecate Intel Mac #891
Deprecate Intel Mac #891
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| 1. For development, one of | ||
| 1. x86-compatible systems running a modern Linux or Windows operating system. | ||
| 2. ARM-based Macintosh systems running MacOS 11 or above. | ||
| 3. Deprecated: Intel-based Macintosh systems. |
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Deprecated is relatively unspecific. It could mean that it's supported for 2.10 but not 2.11 or not 3.x etc. So I would be explicit and say "Unsupported".
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Hmmm. This was prompted because Intel Mac machines are no longer supported and build systems are deprecating Intel Mac builds.
So, in this context, I suggest 'deprecated' means "don't count on it being supported forever., even as a patch release for the 2.10 version" For example, if all of our Mac Intel build machines die then we won't be creating any more Intel Mac binaries regardless of the version. More concretely, if there is a critical security bug in a dependency, we will not be able to create a patch release for the Intel Mac.
"Deprecated" seems to be the industry term for this. Given the above, how would you rephrase it?
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I'm with Curtis here. Unsupported suggests that if you file a support ticket on Intel Mac on 2.10 we'll just say "no". That's not what will happen. In reality, if we get a support ticket on Intel Mac and we can no longer reasonably fix things for Intel Mac because neither Apple nor other vendors/dependency are available anymore, the solution we'll offer is to move to new hardware.
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