[Development] Deciding on EOL for Visual Studio 2022

[Oliver Wolff]

Hi,

On 25/03/2026 16:30, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Tuesday, 24 March 2026 22:48:27 Pacific Daylight Time Jani Heikkinen via
> Development wrote:
>> Has this already received a final decision? If not, I think we should
>> complete this as soon as possible. The same applies the 'Windows 10 EOL in
>> Qt  thread' here:
>> https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2026-February/046970.htm
>> l
> 
> I'm going to ask for silent consensus on the proposal, which I reiterate:
> * 2026-2027: toolchains 14.44 (VS2022), 14.50, sliding 14.51-53
> * 2028-2029: toolchains 14.50, 14.54, sliding 14.55-57
> * 2029-2030: toolchains 14.54, 14.58, sliding 14.59-61
> 
> This would mean Qt 6.12 still supports VS2022, but Qt 6.16 (Oct 2028) does
> not.
> 
> 

Even though that might break the "silent" part of that suggestion: I 
agree with that proposal. Sounds fine for me.

Olli