On Thursday 08 June 2017 08:45:24 Lars Knoll wrote: > Sure, it's still important that we all know about the possible side effects > of dropping a compiler version before making the decision. > > IMO, keeping VC++ 2013 while dropping gcc 4.7 doesn't make too much sense. > We either keep both or drop both.
This thread seems pertinent: http://lists.qt- project.org/pipermail/development/2017-March/029325.html TL;DR: - Marc proposed to drop GCC 4.7 and MSVC 2013 - Ville in favour - Peppe cautioned about slow migration away from MSVC 2013 - Rafael strongly opposed to dropping GCC 4.7: * QNX 7 just released * Very slow migration away from QNX 6 * suggests to drop QNX 6 support not before Qt 6 - Alex said still 30% of downloads are for MSVC 2013 * no-go for 5.10 from him * 5.11 "realistic chance" - Olivier suggesting to require min. GCC 4.8.1 iff we drop GCC 4.7 - Marc linking to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh567368.aspx for how much feature dropping 2013 would unlock Thread ended inconclusive, but with two strong oppositions to drooping GCC 4.7 and MSVC 2013 each. Thanks, Marc -- Marc Mutz <[email protected]> | Senior Software Engineer KDAB (Deutschland) GmbH & Co.KG, a KDAB Group Company Tel: +49-30-521325470 KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
