"I am happy to continue providing builds but I would really like to discontinue support after 2.77"
I think would be the most optimal solution. I don't know how the current distribution is, but I seem to recall last time this was brought up that a lot of XP downloads (and there was a substantial amount back then) came from less wealthy countries. Being able to provide 3D software to these users seems like a very positive endeavour, though of course Blender can't support XP forever either. If pushing out builds for as long as possible is a viable option, that would 100% have my vote. I only find it reasonable to drop support for it and newer/ incompatible features then. Just my two cents, Patrick > Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:03:56 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Windows XP support > > Hi Mat, > > the issue is not so much technical difficulty of getting a build, that is > trivial compared to the cost of not supporting newer API's in terms of > performance and accepting bug reports from people with an ancient non > supported system and usually hardware to match. > I am happy to continue providing builds but I would really like to > discontinue support after 2.77 > > Martijn > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 4:32 PM, matmenu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > HI Matijn, > > > > It's ok to drop xp for 2.8. It would be good to keep everyone on board > > for 2.7x but if it's really to much hassle, I think everyone can > > understand. Bliblubli on BA did a xp compatible build of latest master > > with OpenVDB. Maybe you can join forces? > > > > Mat > > > > On 29/01/2016 09:50, Martijn Berger wrote: > > > Hi Sergey, > > > > > > I think that we should drop window XP after 2.77. And switch to msvc 2015 > > > for 2.78 and 2.8 also. > > > > > > We should clearly advertise windows 7 SP1. As most issue are with FMA / > > AVX > > > support and windwos 7 pre SP1 has some issues there. > > > > > > Martijn > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Sergey Sharybin <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hey everyone, > > >> > > >> There are some difficulties in maintaining Windows XP and additionally > > >> there are some glitches in the toolset needed to compile Windows XP > > >> compatible binaries. > > >> > > >> So proposal is: make 2.77 a last release which officially supports > > Windows > > >> XP and for the further releases switch to Windows 7+ platforms only. > > We'll > > >> still be doing 64bit and 32bit builds, but just wouldn't waste time > > trying > > >> to support new features on a platform which is no longer supported by > > >> others. > > >> > > >> Thoughts? > > >> > > >> -- > > >> With best regards, Sergey Sharybin > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Bf-committers mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bf-committers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
