Well, this thread is already split across two lists, so I'm cross-replying...
On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 22:07:57 +0100 Dominik Haumann <dhaum...@kde.org> wrote: > I installed Qt 5.6.0 and MSVC 2015, and surprisingly Kate > including all its dependencies compiled out of the box. > > I still see QStringLiteral fixes from time to time on the commit > mailing list. Given MSVC 2015 Community Edition is available > just like v2013, and it seems to work I believe that committing > such fixes does not make sense, in fact, it often makes code > worse. > > Therefore, I would like to propose v2015 as required compiler > and Qt5.6 as required Qt version on Windows, or are there > reasons against it? I'll put it the other way around. Annoying as it is, does that QStringLiteral nuisance justify upping the requirements? Factually that _is_ going to happen as the MSVC 2013 (and 2012) builds are going to get less testing. But I don't think that is a state we should actively rush into. Increased requirements always come with an increased cost. I don't know if anybody is producing fully official windows binaries based on KF5, yet. But once I will be doing that for RKWard, I know I will appreciate a somewhat stable environment. Say I just want to pull in a fix in framework X. I may have to update some dependencies, too, but I hope it will not mean _starting from scratch_ (new compiler, new Qt, etc.). Also, suppose Qt 5.6.0 turns out to have some nasty bug that I just can't work around. Keeping backwards compatibility with Qt 5.5 forever is not an option, but discarding fallback options, again, carries a cost. > Qt 5.5 is not precompiled for MSVC 2015, that's why increasing > the Qt version should be fine, especially since 5.6 is an LTS > version. Note that with Qt 5.5, MSVC 2013 was the _only_ supported compiler for QtWebEngine, not just for pre-built binaries. So MSVC 2013 would have been one of the most obvious choices up until one week ago. Regards Thomas
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