[Development] Heads up! Fixing the build system on Windows

[Thiago Macieira]

On sexta-feira, 1 de abril de 2016 05:16:33 PDT Tvete Paul wrote:
> The requirement for
> Windows 10 should not be a problem, since the upgrade is free anyway.

Oh, yes, it is. The problem is not the cost. The problem is the permission to 
use it. Many companies' IT departments are slow to validate a new OS on their 
networks and do not allow upgrading. I work for one such company.

Also remember the flame-war on the interest mailing list about requiring Perl 
to build Qt: conclusion was that many developers are simply not allowed to 
install anything (but they are allowed to build Qt).

So, no, this is probably a very bad idea for anything before 2018.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center