Robert Strong wrote:
> On 2/5/2010 1:52 PM, Justin Dolske wrote:
>> On 2/4/10 9:16 PM, Josh Aas wrote:
>>> We
>>> have come to a point where we need to make a final decision and either
>>> restore 10.4 support or remove this (large) amount of 10.4 specific
>>> code.

>> So, this is another decision where it seems like knowing the
>> plan/timing for the next release might be useful...

>> It seems like if we were to ship a trunk release soon (Q2/3?), then
>> there could be a stronger argument for retaining 10.4 support. But if
>> the next trunk release is more of a 2011 thing, then there's less of a
>> reason to support 10.4.

>> As a historical data point, I dug up some posts from when we discussed
>> dropping 10.3 support for Firefox 3.0, back in May/June 2007...

>> http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/msg/c19ecb46e27dbf91
>> http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/msg/4bd908b72a5e0759

>> At the time, it was ~3.5 years since 10.3 had been released, Firefox
>> 3.0 was expected to be ~6 months away (reality was 1 year). AUS data
>> indicated that 16% of Firefox users were running 10.3.

>> Now it's ~3.5 years since 10.4 was released, ?? months until Firefox
>> ?.? ships, and Josh's data indicates that 25% of our current users are
>> on 10.4 (but that early signs are that it's much lower for 3.6).
> For clarity, isn't the 25% of current users on 10.4 actually 25% of
> current Mac users (also the previously mentioned 16%)?

> Robert