On 8/26/2014 2:03 AM, Makoto Kato wrote:
> When do we support old version of Visual Studio after switching to
> VS2013?
>
> Now we still support VS2010 + SDK 7.1 as minimal requirement.
>
Generally we have worked with a few unofficial guidelines for toolchain
support:
1) If an older version of a toolchain is holding us back from using some
C++ feature in the codebase, we may drop support for it so we can use
more modern C++
2) If the cost of supporting an older toolchain in terms of its bugs
becomes excessive we may drop support for it
3) Try to support toolchains that are widely used by developers

We generally don't drop support for a toolchain immediately upon
switching, we ought to have a grace period of a release or two to give
other developers time to make the change if they've been following our
lead. Even then, I'm not sure if VS2010 is the thing holding us back
from using new C++ features, or if one of the B2G GCC compilers is
holding us back.

-Ted
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