[Development] Qt 5.9
Thiago Macieira
thiago.macieira at intel.com
Wed Nov 30 08:28:51 CET 2016
On quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2016 07:15:31 PST Alexander Blasche wrote:
> The big problem is that there are still plenty of 32bit users because they
> truly use 32bit platforms or 3rdparty software forces them to do so. Moving
> to 64 bit excludes users without alternatives. 32 bit does not exclude.
> Yes, I know this is a chicken and egg problem but right now we have reduced
> the 32bit package count for 5.9 already. Let's not rush too much.
Then let's not drop the 32-bit mingw. But we should add the 64-bit one, and if
possible to 5.8 too.
> There are already 11 windows binary types/packages in the current setup and
> that's too many. I see some opportunity when 2013 drops out in the future.
How are there 11? There are currently 3 compilers and 2 architectures for
desktop Windows, so the maximum number possible is 6.
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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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