[Qt-interest] QT windows visual studio 2008 version

[Scott Bloom]

On 7/4/10 3:11 PM, "Thiago Macieira" <thiago at kde.org> wrote:

> On Sunday 4. July 2010 19.31.43 Bob Hood wrote:
>> On 7/4/2010 10:09 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>>> However, in fact, I agree with you: we must move faster. So what I'd
>>> like us
>>> to do is stop supporting anything but the latest compiler, plus switch to
>>> the latest from one patch release to the next. What do you think?
>> 
>> Sorry, but if I'm understanding you correctly, I'd have to disagree with
>> this approach.
> 
> You understood me correctly, that's exactly the approach I was talking about.
> 
> But I was also being provocative, to get the exact kind of answer that you
> provided: you simply told us in much better terms why people (like you) need
> to stick to existing versions. That's why the policies came about in the first
> place.
> 
> However, we are considering dropping support for anything but the latest when
> a new minor release comes out. The thinking about it is: if you're going to
> upgrade Qt, then you may as well upgrade your compiler. Like you said, you're
> not going to upgrade Qt in a late stage of development.
> 
> What's your reaction to that idea?
I can tell you, I would prefer you set the compilers based on whats
available when the major version comes out.. And that list is at least
maintained for the duration of new minor versions...

While I very rarely would consider moving from 4.5 to say 4.6 in a dev
cycle, I would and have move from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 etc in the same dev cycle.

If I was to find out, that my compiler with my SP etc was support in one
minor version of the release, and not another, it would be very
frustrating...

For instance, right now, I have one client on 4.5.3 and another on 4.6.2.
However, I cant move my 4.5.3 client to VS2008, because the product for him
is tied to other apps that I don't own, and he is using 2005 as the LCD
compiler for his vendors...

So on my system, I have 4.5.3 for 2005, 2008 as well as 4.6.2 2008 (all 4.6
based clients moved forward)

Scott