On Thursday, 23 August 2018 23:11:09 PDT Lars Knoll wrote: > We know that quite some users stay on unsupported versions of Windows for > quite a while. I wonder whether it wouldn’t be easiest in this case to then > drop Windows 7 with Qt 6.0 in Autumn 2020 (ie. in the release after 5.15).
I don't mind either way. I just wanted to bring the topic up. I don't think we have much that requires Windows 8 or 8.1, which would result in any meaningful clean up of our source code if we were to drop Windows 7. We'd get rid of a few GetProcAddresses, but not a lot. And considering that Windows 10 still has a smaller market share than Windows 7 today, three years after Windows 10 TH1 came out (see CW link in the other email), you're probably right. PS: I don't believe Qt 6.0 will be in the Autumn of 2020. More likely early 2021. PPS: had anyone noticed we had THREE minor releases of Qt in 2017? 5.8 (Jan 20), 5.9 (May 29) and 5.10 (Dec 5). -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
