From 31e212b6f6b10028383f8224bce1dfb343409c83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike McQuaid Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:36:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Support Tiers: document future macOS support Let's provide a clear roadmap of what we plan to support, not and when we plan to make these changes. Co-authored-by: Sam Ford <1584702+samford@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Eric Knibbe --- docs/Support-Tiers.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/Support-Tiers.md b/docs/Support-Tiers.md index 5a98f0c72e..5732995694 100644 --- a/docs/Support-Tiers.md +++ b/docs/Support-Tiers.md @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ Tier 3 configurations include: - installing deprecated or disabled formulae - devices using OpenCore Legacy Patcher with an Intel CPU older than Westmere +We build a Portable Ruby for some Tier 3 supported configurations. + ## Unsupported An unsupported configuration is one in which: @@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ An unsupported configuration is one in which: Unsupported configurations include: - FreeBSD -- macOS 10.6 +- Mac OS X 10.6 - Beowulf clusters - Nokia 3210s - CPUs built inside of Minecraft @@ -110,3 +112,28 @@ All packages installed from third-party taps outside of the Homebrew GitHub orga We may assist the maintainers/contributors/developers of such packages to fix bugs with the Homebrew formula/cask/tap system, but we are not responsible for resolving issues when using that software. Bugs that only manifest when using third-party formulae/casks may be closed. + +## Future macOS Support + +Apple has announced that macOS Tahoe 26 will be the last version of macOS that runs on Intel x86_64. +As a result, Homebrew will also drop macOS Intel x86_64 support in a future release. + +Here's the timescale for planned future Tier support: + +- Today (August 2025): + - Tier 1: macOS Sequoia 15, Sonoma 14, Ventura 13 on Apple Silicon and Intel x86_64 + - Tier 2: macOS Tahoe 26 + - Tier 3: macOS El Capitan 10.11 - Monterey 12 + - Unsupported: OS X Yosemite 10.10 and earlier +- September (or later) 2025: + - Tier 1: macOS Tahoe 26, Sequoia 15, Sonoma 14 on Apple Silicon and Intel x86_64 + - Tier 3: macOS Catalina 10.15 - Ventura 13 + - Unsupported: macOS Mojave 10.14 and earlier +- September (or later) 2026: + - Tier 1: macOS 27, Tahoe 26, Sequoia 15 on Apple Silicon + - Tier 3: macOS Big Sur 11 - Sonoma 14 on Apple Silicon, macOS Big Sur 11 - Tahoe 26 on Intel x86_64 + - Unsupported: macOS Catalina 10.15 and earlier +- September (or later) 2027: + - Tier 1: macOS 28, macOS 27, macOS Tahoe 26 on Apple Silicon + - Tier 3: macOS Monterey 12 - Sequoia 15 on Apple Silicon + - Unsupported: macOS Big Sur 11 and earlier on Apple Silicon, macOS on Intel x86_64