[Qt-interest] QT windows visual studio 2008 version

[Thiago Macieira]

On Monday 5. July 2010 03.42.48 Bob Hood wrote:
> That, I think, would be the best way to proceed.  Patch and minor
> releases maintain tool compatibility; major releases are free to change
> requirements across the board.  It would be in the same vein as
> maintaining Qt's ABI compatibility.  Development tools should be grouped
> in the same category.

We have not, cannot and will not maintain compatibility with old tools across 
the duration of the entire major series (Qt 4.x). Trying to support the same 
things now (2010) that we supported when in 2005 when Qt 4.0 came out is 
infeasible.

I'm not sure if you meant that. Can you clarify?

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