> On Aug 10, 2026, at 10:21 AM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > > I support AOO50X and that we emphasize modern OS and dependency support which > drives a major version release. > > We also should reconsider what should be the minimum supported OSs and > underlying dependencies. >
I have been working on backporting features and improvements from trunk to AOO42X and most of those are associated with the below: > 1. macOS silicon, but what minimum version? I have been able to get AOO42X and trunk to build w/ macOS11 (Big Sur) as the oldest support version. It is also the 1st to support Mac Silicon. > 2. 64 bit Windows, but what level of dev platform? From what I know, based on the updated dependencies we are looking at Win10, but that's outside my area of knowledge. > 3. Linux. Versions of RHEL and CENTOS? Most of my dev work has been on Ubuntu 14.04. I had originally baselined CentOS7 and Fedora19 _for community builds_, but wanted common OSes for those. However, even so, this means kernel ~3.12 and glib ~2.19 > 4. Python 3.10 or greater? My work updates what we use and build to Python 3.13, but anything from 3.10 and above will work. > 5. Java JDK version minimum? I am able to keep things using Java8 as the lowest supported version. > 6. What happens to FreeBSD and OS/2 downstreams? I don't know of anyone who can build or test either of those... although I could maybe look into FreeBSD > > Best, > Dave > >> On Aug 10, 2026, at 6:10 AM, Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There's been some discussion regarding whether or not the version number >> 4.2.x (or even 4.5.x) is "right" for the next major version we are looking >> at. It's been suggested that maybe AOO42X be renamed to AOO50X and the >> respective changes also be applied to trunk as well. >> >> Comments? >> FWIW: I would support that effort. >> -- >> Jim >> "This is an outrage!" >> Tony Harrison >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- Jim "This is an outrage!" Tony Harrison
