Gridcoin does not run on macOS 10.13 about homebrew-jiro HOT 14 CLOSED

I build the binary using macOS images in Travis CI and Homebrew.
Which means Girdcoin supports whatever macOS versions are supported by a recent version of Homebrew.

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I have macOS 10.13, and this formula runs perfectly fine on it. Perhaps they were using the binary/jiro-casks? The formula builds from source so it wouldn't make any sense for it to be incompatible with the user's macOS version.

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Ah yes! That makes sense

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Thanks @Git-Jiro @scribblemaniac .
However, the problem is with the precompiled application (dmg file). Is it possible to compile it to run on older operating systems?

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I can try to downgrade the Travis CI machine and see if it produces a better result

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@Git-Jiro I think it would be worthwhile to try this. It would be good if the dmg image runs on as many versions of macOS as possible.

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Hi!
Once the travis build is done you should fine a DMG file here: https://github.com/Git-Jiro/homebrew-jiro/releases/tag/v5.0.2.0_macOS_10.13
Please test if this works with macOS 10.13

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On Discord they were saying that it still requires 10.14

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Next attempt https://github.com/Git-Jiro/homebrew-jiro/releases/tag/v5.0.2.0_macOS_10.13_second_attempt

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@Git-Jiro Thank you. The wallet now runs on macOS 10.13. But not on 10.11. Is it possible to use an even older XCode version?

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To support older versions is more than just a matter of downgrading Xcode. You will also need to use an older version of the Qt framework as the latest 5.15 version only supports macOS 10.13+. However this is not trivial to do in homebrew because they don't do formula versioning anymore, and it's also worth nothing that they only support macOS versions 10.13 and higher now. If you were to downgrade the Qt version, you would loose official support for macOS 10.15, not to mention any bug fixes done in recent versions.

If you haven't figured it out already, I am of the opinion that it's not worth it to create binaries to support any earlier version of macOS. People can still compile it from source if they really need it. Keep in mind that support for 10.11 was dropped in Qt version 5.12, which was in use since about the end of 2018, and I am not aware of any large public outcry demanding the return of support since.

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Thanks @scribblemaniac for doing the deep research into the Gridcoin dependencies.
Then I will keep the build at the lower XCode version for now, because this was a low effort change.

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@scribblemaniac Thanks for this information. Under these circumstances it is understandable that we only support up to macOS 10.13.

@Git-Jiro But could you do the XCode downgrade for the Master branch? So that future versions automatically run with macOS 10.13? Thanks!

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Yes, will do.

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