[Development] Supported platforms for Qt 5.8

[Turunen Tuukka]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Development [mailto:development-
> bounces+tuukka.turunen=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of
> Sergio Martins
> Sent: tiistaina 23. helmikuuta 2016 22.48
> To: development at qt-project.org
> Cc: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [Development] Supported platforms for Qt 5.8
> 
> On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 13:09:10 WET Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > On terça-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2016 21:01:39 PST Sergio Martins wrote:
> > > On Monday, 22 February 2016 22:01:31 WET Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > > > On terça-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2016 05:32:55 PST Turunen
> > > > Tuukka
> wrote:
> > > > > > Is Qt 5.7 going to be the *only* release to support WEC2013?
> > > > >
> > > > > No. Both Qt 5.6 and Qt 5.7 will support WEC13.
> > > >
> > > > Quoting you on your yesterday's email:
> > > >
> > > > "With Qt 5.6.0 the WEC13 is still experimental"
> > > >
> > > > So 5.6 doesn't count. That leaves just one release, which is way
> > > > too short.
> > >
> > > Turunen said it's experimental with 5.6.0, not 5.6. By the time
> > > WEC13 is stable on 5.7 it's also stable on 5.6, because we commit
> > > fixes to 5.6 first.
> > Fixes, yes.
> >
> > But you cannot commit major refactorings to improve stability in an
> > patch release, especially not the LTS release. Remember that 5.6 is
> > also the last release to support WEC7, so you cannot risk its
> > stability for a platform that's only experimental.
> 
> But are we going to need major refactorings ? We need to know the state of
> wec2013 before discussing further, no point in speculating on what was
> meant by "experimental".
> 
> The 5.6-Release page says "Added support for WEC2013", it doesn't mention
> experimental, and also note that it just needs to be as feature-complete as
> WEC7, so the bar is pretty low ;)
> 
> 

Andreas is probably the best person to comment, but as far as I have understood the enablers for WEC13 platform support are there in Qt 5.6 since a long time. It is just a matter of having solid WEC13 BSPs to test and fix possible glitches. 

And in any case WEC13 is not a new platform, just a successor in a long line of WinCE products. We typically bring support to, for example, new OS X releases in a patch release of a LTS Qt (like Qt 4.8). 

Therefore, I see no reason why someone using WEC13 could not stay with Qt 5.6 LTS if the functionality is fit for they needs. Especially since Qt 5.6 will be supported longer than Qt 5.7.

Yours,

	Tuukka

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