I think Option 1 makes the most sense. Specially since JDK 21 is LTS. Do we want to be stuck with OS 10.x through the entire LTS period?
Scott > On May 11, 2023, at 3:23 PM, Kevin Rushforth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks for the additional info. I had meant to look it up and add it prior > to sending it out, but hit "send" too soon. > > My preference would be Option 1: change the minimum to macOS 11.0 in JavaFX > 21. > > If there are some significant concerns over doing that, we could go with > Option 2 as a fallback: change the minimum to 10.14 in 21 and to 11.0 in 22. > > -- Kevin > > > On 5/11/2023 12:00 PM, Martin Fox wrote: >>> My preference is to change the minimum version for Mac / x64 to be macOS >>> 11.0, matching both the currently oldest version of macOS supported by >>> Apple, and also unifying the minimum for the two chip architectures. >> So no one else has to look this up: >> >> The last security update for macOS 10.12 was in September of 2019. It was >> released in 2016. >> The last security update for macOS 10.14 was in July of 2021. It was >> released in 2018. >> >> macOS 11.0 was released in November of 2020. Support is likely to end this >> year. >> >> 11.0 could be installed on MacBooks from 2013 and desktops from 2014 (with >> some exceptions). If there’s a Mac out there that just can’t upgrade to 11.0 >> that machine is getting a little long in the tooth. FWIW I’m using an iMac >> from late 2017 and running the latest OS just fine. >> >> I think ditching 10.x is the right move. >> >> Martin
