[tbb-bugs] #18530 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Consider dropping support for Mac OS 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8

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#18530: Consider dropping support for Mac OS 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8
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 Reporter:  mcs                                  |          Owner:  boklm
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff52-esr, TorBrowserTeam201704,      |  Actual Points:
  tbb-7.0-must-alpha                             |
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:24 mcs]:
 > Replying to [comment:23 gk]:
 > > The idea in comment:14 might still be a good one to have.
 >
 > A little digging reveals that Mozilla sends an XML response that looks
 like this:
 > {{{
 > <?xml version="1.0"?>
 > <updates>
 >     <update type="minor" unsupported="true"
 detailsURL="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-osx"
 displayVersion="48.0">
 > </update>
 > </updates>
 > }}}
 >
 > The `unsupported="true"` triggers the display of a special panel within
 the about dialog. See https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-
 esr52/source/browser/base/content/aboutDialog-appUpdater.js#261 (or search
 that file for `unsupported`).
 >
 > We would need to modify the code to look for `minSupportedOSVersion`
 instead.

 But that means it's already to late for this feature (for the alphas) and
 would be unless we ship a 6.5.3 with it?

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