[Development] Windows 7 support future removal

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday, 23 August 2018 23:11:09 PDT Lars Knoll wrote:
> We know that quite some users stay on unsupported versions of Windows for
> quite a while. I wonder whether it wouldn’t be easiest in this case to then
> drop Windows 7 with Qt 6.0 in Autumn 2020 (ie. in the release after 5.15).

I don't mind either way. I just wanted to bring the topic up.

I don't think we have much that requires Windows 8 or 8.1, which would result 
in any meaningful clean up of our source code if we were to drop Windows 7. 
We'd get rid of a few GetProcAddresses, but not a lot.

And considering that Windows 10 still has a smaller market share than 
Windows 7 today, three years after Windows 10 TH1 came out (see CW link in the 
other email), you're probably right.

PS: I don't believe Qt 6.0 will be in the Autumn of 2020. More likely early 
2021.

PPS: had anyone noticed we had THREE minor releases of Qt in 2017? 5.8 
(Jan 20), 5.9 (May 29) and 5.10 (Dec 5).

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