[tor-talk] Dropping Tor Browser support for Mac OSX 10.6?

[Georg Koppen]

Matt Pagan:
> 
> 
> Mike Perry wrote:
>> Are there any 10.6 32bit Mac users on this list? Is Tails a workable
>> option for you?

[snip}

> Sorry for asking you to do more work, but I'm requesting that we keep
> supporting Mac OS 10.6 with a deadline, maybe a year in the future.
> (The number of Mac 10.5 users has definitely decreased in the past
> year). If 32-bit Mac Tor Browsers are no longer distributed, I can
> imagine an increase in the help desk volume when confused, sometimes
> desperate, Mac users discover they can't run the Mac Tor Browser on
> their 32-bit Macbook.

Keeping support for OS X 10.6 and keeping support for 32 bit is not
strictly the same. In fact, I'd assume there is only a fraction of OS X
10.6 users that would not be capable of running a 64 bit Tor Browser.
So, what about switching to 64 bit but still supporting OS X 10.6?

Georg


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