On 9 December 2013 22:23, Thiago Macieira <[email protected]> wrote: > As Kenneth reminds us[1], Microsoft is ending the security updates for Windows > XP in April 2014. That's about when we plan to release Qt 5.3. > > Should we stop supporting Windows XP? Is there anything we can improve in our > codebase if we do? Speaking as a developer that uses Qt to create software for schools world wide, I can say that the use of XP is not going to stop. There is a view in the developed world that people shouldn't be using XP because it is coming out of support next year.
However those in the developing world are happy that XP just works on second hand equipment. Internet insecurities do not concern them, as generally the computers are not hooked up to the Internet (they work by having a technician who downloads patches and updates via an up to date PC and then goes around and installs them on PC's). XP isn't going to expire and I would find it sad if a choice was taken to actively remove code that allowed it to work. Dropping XP support signals a finite lifetime of hardware based on its software, which isn't good from an ecological point of view. Regards Phil Hannent _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
