Why is 1.12.2 no longer supported on the forum?

[Turtledove]

It's by far still the most prevalent and popular version to mod, with plenty of people still developing for it.

 

No hate, just want to hear the rationale.

[Turtledove]

Is it in attempt to encourage people to mod for 1.15? Because the reason so many people and myself still develop for 1.12.2 is that several important dependencies (LLibrary, for one) is still on 1.12.2, I just think it'd be helpful to not limit it just because it's old, but rather if the version isn't really used anymore. But that's life I guess ?‍♂️

[Turtledove]

Fair enough, I may fork it and update it myself one of these days, if I have a spare 2 weeks or something

[DavidM]

There was a vote on what version Forge should provide long term support to, and most people chose 1.14 over 1.12.

Therefore, 1.14 received LTS, while 1.12 went out of support due to its age.