Re: Update minimum macOS supported to 11.0

Mitchell <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:32:21 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.scintilla.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

> On Apr 28, 2026, at 8:49=E2=80=AFPM, Neil <[email protected]> wro=
te:
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> Xcode wants to increase the minimum supported version of macOS to 11.0 wh=
ich was released in November 2020. This directly modifies the project files=
 to mark the built packages to require 11.0 and does not stop the source co=
de from working on earlier versions of macOS. Support for older operating s=
ystems rots as there are fewer compatibility checks. This affects both Scin=
tilla and Lexilla.
>=20
> If 11.0 is too new, then the minimum version could be bumped to 10.15 whi=
ch was the last 10.x. The last minimum version bump was in 2023 to 10.13.

11.0 is reasonable. As you said, it=E2=80=99s been 3 years since the last b=
ump and 11.0 hasn=E2=80=99t been receiving security updates for what? 2 or =
3 years?

Mitchell

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