Den 08-02-2015 kl. 21:25 skrev Olivier Goffart: > On Sunday 08 February 2015 19:15:18 Giuseppe D'Angelo wrote: >> Il 08/02/2015 17:58, Thiago Macieira ha scritto: >>> So we come back to this question again and again: if you can't upgrade the >>> OS and upgrade the compiler, why do you want to upgrade Qt? >> >> Because people want to use the latest features / bugfixes for developing >> their product, and yet they need to target such platforms... > > If Qt 5.5 is LTS, some bugs fixes could be backported. > As for the new feature, if they can cope with an old system and compiler, they > can also cope with old Qt. Even if that implies re-inventing a few wheels. > > So the question is: > If we were to drop MSVC2008, about how many companies or developers do you > think will choose not to use Qt because of that instead of using it? > > Is there perhaps a lot of paying customer using it who would stop paying > licenses?
With a 5.5, LTS TQtC could have a reason for potential customers to start buying licenses. WinCE, MSVC2008, maybe a couple of others. If customers need this for a bugfixed Qt, buy the licenses. I think it would be perfect, if we could find a way to proceed that could support the business of TQtC. Bo Thorsen, Director, Viking Software. -- Viking Software Qt and C++ developers for hire http://www.vikingsoft.eu _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
