Supported configurations once Mavericks is released

[Jeremy Lavergne]

I also like the concept but the distinction of "tier 1: 64-bit unless only 32-bit" seems a little odd at first glance. I know the exceptional reasons are valid, conveying them to users on the other hand...

Do you think there is a clearer way we could present this distinction? I'm sure you've got better background in that area anyways ;-)

On Sep 25, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote:

> Tier 1 (Primary support platforms):
> 10.9.x / x86_64 (plus i386 for ports that don't support x86_64)
> 10.8.x / x86_64 (plus i386 for ports that don't support x86_64)
> 10.7.x / x86_64 (plus i386 for ports that don't support x86_64)
> 10.6.x / x86_64 (plus i386 for ports that don't support x86_64)
> 
> Tier 2 (Will try hard not to break):
> 10.9.x / i386
> 10.8.x / i386
> 10.7.x / i386
> 10.6.x / i386
> 
> Tier 3 (YMMV.  Expect to do a lot of the legwork if you want to get a fix):
> 10.6.x / ppc (Rosetta)
> 10.5.x / x86_64
> 10.5.x / i386
> 10.5.x / ppc
> 10.4.x / i386
> 10.4.x / ppc
> 
> This allows us to push ppc out to "YMMV-land" (where it currently is in practice) while also keeping 10.6 available as a primary support platform.
> 
> Additionally, 32bit intel machines (some of the first gen Intel Macs from 2006) would no longer be "tier 1" supported, but they'll still be a rung above ppc machines.
> 
> Thoughts?