[cmake-developers] Drop support for older Xcode versions?

[Davy Durham]

I should also have mentioned that we're supporting a number of other 
platforms at the same time.. hence our use of cmake.  And would rather 
not have to maintain cmake files that are lowest-common-denominator for 
the version of cmake that has to continue working on OS X 10.6

On 02/09/2016 08:49 AM, Davy Durham wrote:
> I'll say that in my line of work, we still have to support OS X 10.6 
> (just dropped 10.5 support) .. And we're doing this at Apple's own 
> request/demand!  It's not fun.  I've had to hack tools around to get 
> somewhat newer tool chains to continue to work, but it's been /great/ 
> that cmake hasn't been an obstacle in this endeavour.
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> On 02/08/2016 11:48 PM, Tim Blechmann wrote:
>>>> Given Apple's encouragement of developers to always update...
>>> They certainly do, as Eric described.  However, just like everyone
>>> else, Apple often ships regressions in Xcode and it's sometimes vital
>>> to be able to use older versions.  Similarly, if you want to deploy
>>> an app to an older OS, it's very useful to be able to build-run-debug
>>> on that OS, and since the newest Xcodes only run on the newest OSes,
>>> one needs an older Xcode to test/debug on older OSes.
>> if a project relies on an old xcode version, does it need to use the
>> most up-to-date cmake? also, there are always make/ninja generators ...
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