Hello, please keep in mind that in the enterprise environment Windows CE / Windows Embedded Compact is still an important platform!
Kind regards, Nico Wallmeier > +1 for dropping VS2008. For those with thin wallets it's easier to > upgrade nowadays anyway to the VS2013 Community Edition. > > /Rgrds Henry > > > On 2015-02-05 08:31, Bo Thorsen wrote: >> Den 04-02-2015 kl. 15:56 skrev Olivier Goffart: >>> On Wednesday 04 February 2015 09:23:12 Knoll Lars wrote: >>>> On 04/02/15 10:20, "Olivier Goffart" <oliv...@woboq.com> wrote: >>>>> Also, is it not time to decide which platform are we going to stop >>>>> supporting in Qt 5.6? >>>>> >>>>> For example, if we were to decide to start using some of the C++11, we >>>>> should drop MSVC 2008 which would allow us to already use things like auto >>>>> and decltype. >>>>> We could also drop gcc 4.4 which would let us lambda function. >>>> >>>> In principle I agree. The problem with 2008 is that this is currently the >>>> only compiler supporting Windows Embedded 7, so we can’t easily get rid of >>>> it. Dropping gcc 4.4 is afaik not a big problem. >>> The question then is how relevant will Windows Embedded 7 be in 2016 when Qt >>> 5.6 will be there. And if it is worth to limit ourselves because of it. >> >> Sounds to me like 5.5 will be a release that will be around for a while >> then. This could be the one where those who need webkit, VS 2008 og Qt >> Quick 1 would use. So declaring support for this will continue for a >> while could make it easier to remove those parts. >> >> If this could be the case, it could even be considered to go even >> further and get rid of more stuff. VS 2010 would be one possibility. I'm >> writing this with VS 2010 open for the project I'm currently on, so I >> know it's still in use :) But getting rid of this opens for a lot more >> C++11 features. >> >> What I'm suggesting here is sort of a mini major release. It doesn't >> feel like a 6.0 is necessary yet, but as the 5 line is mayby around half >> through it's life, it might not be a bad idea to make a longer term release. >> >> Bo. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development > _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development