Re: striconv, striconveh, unicodeio: Drop workaround for glibc 2.1

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 4:04 PM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> On 2024-09-09 07:06, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > And more of the same kind. Solaris 9's successor, Solaris 10, was released
> > in 2005. Solaris 9 workarounds therefore can also be dropped.
>
> Yes, sounds good. The rule I suggest is that if a distro's supplier no
> longer supports it, we needn't support it either. Solaris 10 is still
> supported by Oracle but Solaris 9 is not, so we can drop Solaris
> 9-and-earlier support.

I don't think relying on supplier fiat is a good approach.

Apple is notorious for deprecating support quickly in an effort to
drive hardware sales.

The market determines what support is needed; and not a supplier that
has seller's regret.

Consider, Windows 7 still has about 5% of market share. Microsoft
would love to move people onto a different version of Windows that
commoditizes the user, but users are resisting it. Additionally, some
products have technical reasons to remain fixed on an older version,
like some medical equipment. Again, the market is determining what is
needed.

Jeff