From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-15.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A50C2C433F5 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FFC160F5B for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:29:52 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 2FFC160F5B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:34290 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mPhLb-0006Ex-8i for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 04:29:51 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55088) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mPhKM-0005OJ-Sg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 04:28:34 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:29251) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mPhKK-0004Ld-TE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 04:28:34 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1631521712; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=uhWcMqgx3lcOJ/7zC5MVxwN55hrAVNXP+71ZSQ3WcAw=; b=ZyzzqewMKpLoUMVhC7oCTLYcOThsjCIL0MtqOQ01eccm3jTfwxmtSyK9lRx0F29otWQ1pN 4lo0DSU+LajyribRyntX1WMyijmU0vHM88IR1qNJYXnTXVhniEfzI9yMvIiTb2eQmRjHTk TA1QH3ivYHM/K+TLDxGDNUYepcBFGJY= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-6-DF6rWOEMM6qWvprDNZMS0w-1; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 04:28:30 -0400 X-MC-Unique: DF6rWOEMM6qWvprDNZMS0w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E977D84A5E0; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:28:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.39.195.78]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93E435D9DD; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:28:28 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:28:26 +0100 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Thomas Huth Subject: Re: [qemu-web v2 PATCH] Update the information about the required version of macOS Message-ID: References: <20210913062126.16946-1-thuth@redhat.com> <7548727b-222a-34ac-6fb1-1bc01837b9b2@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7548727b-222a-34ac-6fb1-1bc01837b9b2@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7 (2021-05-04) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=berrange@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -31 X-Spam_score: -3.2 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.393, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Cc: Peter Maydell , Paolo Bonzini , qemu-devel qemu-devel , Howard Spoelstra Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" 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 > > 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 > > > --- > >  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 MacPorts: > > > >  
sudo port install qemu
> > > > -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 -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|