On Jan 21, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Mohamed Fawzi <fawzi.moha...@digia.com> wrote:
> > On 21 Jan 2014, at 14:25, Jake Petroules <jake.petrou...@petroules.com> > wrote: > >> On Jan 21, 2014, at 7:36 AM, Sorvig Morten <morten.sor...@digia.com> wrote: >> >>> On 21 Jan 2014, at 11:51, Simon Hausmann <simon.hausm...@digia.com> wrote: >>> >>> That depends on how much time we spend releasing Qt :) >>> >>> I realize that if I’m the only one who want’s to keep supporting 10.6 then >>> that’s not going to work. The most important thing to me is to have a >>> somewhat predictable deprecation plan. For example (and at the risk of >>> making this example “the plan”): >>> >>> 5.3 - Remove support from binary packages. >>> 5.4 - 10.6 support is deprecated. >>> 5.5? - Remove support. > > I also think that it looks reasonable, but I would also find announcing now > that 5.4 drops 10.6 support ok (I don't see this big need for "deprecated but > still there" if one knows long enough before). > Anyway another thing (with ARC support) is also C++11. > Is it clear when we will begin to require C++11? > Because supporting C++11 in 10.6 is *very* tricky (one might try to ship > libc++, but system library will still use libstdc++ and I am not sure if > binary compatibility with the version shipped in 10.6 is guaranteed. You can’t compile C++11 code if you use deployment target 10.6 (the Apple tools prevent that), so “ship libc++” is out of question. The only maybe-possible path would be to use custom GNU libs instead of the Apple-provided ones, but I do not think that we want to support that in any way. ++ Eike > Fawzi >> >> I think this is relatively reasonable. By 5.5 (mid-2015, right?) we will >> have or almost have OS X 10.11 which is three versions into the OS X free >> pricing model. Given the fast uptake of OS X Mavericks in just a few short >> months, by then it seems to me that it will be the ideal time to say goodbye >> to the last of the Leopards. The gap between Snow Leopard and Lion is also >> probably the most technically significant between any two recent versions of >> OS X, so when it's 10.7's time to go we may not even need any code changes. >> [...] > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development -- Eike Ziller, Senior Software Engineer - Digia, Qt Digia Germany GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 13, D-12489 Berlin Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Tuula Haataja Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
