Github user jeking3 commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1449
I work on a project that still uses 2010, but we're moving to 2017. So
there are still folks using it. Boost supports back to Visual Studio 2008 in
some cases, for example. I think Boost is going to tie support to EOL or EOS
of the compiler. Extended support on Visual Studio lasts 10 years, so if we
follow that we can reasonably drop 2010 support in 2020. :)---
