[Development] Deprecating modules with 5.5

[Henry Skoglund]

+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" <olivier at 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.
>