[Qt-creator] Qt Creator 3.4 binaries will be compiled with MSVC 2013 (dynamic opengl)

[Koehne Kai]

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> From: qt-creator-bounces+kai.koehne=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org
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> What are the reasons not to deploy with MinGW?

What are the reasons for deploying with MinGW? :)

> Is it just the hope a msvc build is faster, or are some things broken/not
> available when build with MinGW?

Last time I checked, Qt Creator compiled with MSVC was indeed (albeit marginally) faster on startup than the same one compiled with a MinGW toolchain.

Anyhow, most Qt Creator developers on Windows use MSVC, so that's IMO a good enough reason to stick to it for the binaries, too. 

Aside from personal preference, there are also practical reasons for this: You still can't actually debug Qt Creator in gdb on Windows because it runs out of memory ...

Regards

Kai