[Development] Qt 5.9

[Jake Petroules]

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 5:58 PM, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> On terça-feira, 22 de novembro de 2016 16:07:25 PST Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> On terça-feira, 22 de novembro de 2016 23:46:32 PST Jake Petroules wrote:
>>>> - For MinGW I propose to start delivering 64 bit binary packages instead
>>>> of 32 bit one & start using MinGW 6.x (6.2?)
>>> 
>>> Does this make sense when we're still delivering 32-bit MSVC packages? I'd
>>> opt to keep 32-bit or have both.
>> 
>> I agree with Jake: replacing one with the other is not a good idea. We
>> should provide both for a time, before dropping 32-bit.
> 
> If we still have time, I'd like to see MinGW 64-bit for 5.8, so we can drop 
> the 32-bit binary build in time for 5.9.
> 
> Otherwise, if we have to wait for 5.9 to bring MinGW 64-bit, then we can't 
> drop 32-bit until 5.10.

Agreed. We should also consider dropping 32-bit MSVC since we've had both for a while and we only support Windows 7 and above now, which should mean adoption is good enough to do so.

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