[Interest] need a QT 5.12.0 MinGW 32bit release for windows in all the upcoming QT versions

Nikos Chantziaras realnc at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 21:12:37 CET 2018


On 20/12/2018 10:48, André Hartmann wrote:
> And while you are right, that MSVC is better compatible with most 
> Windows libraries, MinGW e.g. provides pthreads and therefore makes 
> porting easier.

It appears to me that Qt's biggest use case is portability? I use it to 
build the same codebases on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. GCC 
(that's what MinGW gives you) is a must. GCC and Clang are very 
compatible with each other. MSVC? Not so much.




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