trunk and 10.3 support

[Joshua Root]

Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2009, at 07:39, Joshua Root wrote:
>> Seriously though, it's going to be up to whoever builds the dmgs in the
>> end.
> 
> I would say it's up to all of us developing the software up to the point
> when we want to make a release. The person packaging the release can't
> release a version for Panther, even if he wants to, if it doesn't
> compile on Panther.

Right, I was assuming we weren't going to break MP on Panther entirely.

>> IIRC, reasons given for not building a Panther dmg for 1.8 were
>> that it confuses the 'supported' status already, and that Snow Leopard
>> may well be imminent by then.
> 
> Well, the existence of a new operating system version that only works on
> Intel Macs probably doesn't have much bearing on the OS upgrade
> priorities of someone who has a PowerPC Mac.

It does make them that one step more obsolete, though.

- Josh