[Development] Minimum Deployment Platforms for 5.7 onwards?

[Robert Iakobashvili]

Yes, Gian, you are right.

iTunes delivers updates only to the users with appropriate iOS version.

And users with older iOS could be told to upgrade their hardware.
When they get a newer HW, they can get the updated software
in due course.

Thanks for clarifying it.

Kind regards,
Robert

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Gian Maxera <gmaxera at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Robert,
> are you sure the apple store force to keep compatibility of the very first
> iOS version ??
> From what I know, you can drop compatibility of older iOS version when you
> release a new version on the app store.
> And when someone install your app in an older phone, a popup appear
> warning the user that will be installed an older version because the last
> version of the app required a more recent iOS.
>
> Ciao,
> Gianluca.
>
>
> On 8 Jan 2016, at 10:50, Robert Iakobashvili <coroberti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Jake,
> Unless app developers would like to drop their existing apps
> and rename/launch instead new apps,
> they're forced to keep compatibility with the very first iOS-version
> when their app was accepted to iTunes Store.
>
> So, dropping iOS-6 is a not issue for me, but dropping iOS-7 - yes.
>
> jm2c
>
> Kind regards,
> Robert
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Petroules Jake <
> Jake.Petroules at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
>
>> We're raising the minimum OS X to 10.8 (2012). The iOS minimum is still 6
>> (also 2012), but I wonder whether we should also raise that a version (or
>> even two) considering its uniquely rapid upgrade cycle (frequently upgraded
>> hardware, less user ability to opt out of software updates).
>>
>> Bumping it to iOS 8 would also allow us to stop making static builds and
>> thus gain support for App Extensions.
>>
>> Thoughts? Tor Arne?
>> --
>> Jake Petroules - jake.petroules at theqtcompany.com
>> Consulting Services Engineer - The Qt Company
>>
>> From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> on behalf of
>> Turunen Tuukka <tuukka.turunen at theqtcompany.com>
>> Date: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 11:18 PM
>> To: John Layt <jlayt at kde.org>, "development at qt-project.org" <
>> development at qt-project.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Development] Minimum Deployment Platforms for 5.7 onwards?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>>
>>
>> This item was discussed at Qt Contributor’s Summit, please see session
>> notes: http://wiki.qt.io/QtCS2015_LTS
>>
>>
>>
>> For compilers this is also documented to the Qt Base change log:
>> http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/dist/changes-5.5.1
>>
>>
>>
>> For 5.6 the current list of supported platforms and compilers is the
>> following: http://wiki.qt.io/Qt-5.6.0-tools-and-versions (note that we
>> are working to add OS X 10.11 to CI and fully support it)
>>
>>
>>
>> The idea is that by making Qt 5.6 LTS, we gain more freedom to drop older
>> (non-c++11) compilers as well as older platforms from Qt 5.7 and subsequent
>> versions. Those who have such older platforms to support, are recommended
>> to stay with the LTS version for a while. This approach allows us to move
>> faster for new features planned for future Qt releases.
>>
>>
>>
>> For application developers the documentation is often the best source to
>> find the list of supported platforms:
>> http://doc.qt.io/QtSupportedPlatforms/index.html This has not yet been
>> updated to 5.6, but will be before the final release.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>>
>>
>>                           Tuukka
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Development [mailto:development-bounces at qt-project.org
>> <development-bounces at qt-project.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Layt
>> *Sent:* keskiviikkona 30. joulukuuta 2015 20.43
>> *To:* development at qt-project.org
>> *Subject:* [Development] Minimum Deployment Platforms for 5.7 onwards?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can I just clarify what the minimum deployment platforms are for 5.7
>> onwards? That is, the lowest version of each OS that the code must still
>> run on? Far as I can tell it's something like:
>>
>> Windows 7 (or Vista?)
>>
>> Windows Embedded Compact 2013
>>
>> OSX 10.8
>>
>> iOS 5.0?
>>
>> Android 4.1 (API Level 16)?
>>
>> RHEL 6.6
>>
>> Ubuntu 11.10?
>>
>> There really should be a wiki page for this...
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> John.
>>
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