Yes, Gian, you are right. iTunes delivers updates only to the users with appropriate iOS version.
And users with older iOS could be told to upgrade their hardware. When they get a newer HW, they can get the updated software in due course. Thanks for clarifying it. Kind regards, Robert On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Gian Maxera <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Robert, > are you sure the apple store force to keep compatibility of the very first > iOS version ?? > From what I know, you can drop compatibility of older iOS version when you > release a new version on the app store. > And when someone install your app in an older phone, a popup appear > warning the user that will be installed an older version because the last > version of the app required a more recent iOS. > > Ciao, > Gianluca. > > > On 8 Jan 2016, at 10:50, Robert Iakobashvili <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Jake, > Unless app developers would like to drop their existing apps > and rename/launch instead new apps, > they're forced to keep compatibility with the very first iOS-version > when their app was accepted to iTunes Store. > > So, dropping iOS-6 is a not issue for me, but dropping iOS-7 - yes. > > jm2c > > Kind regards, > Robert > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Petroules Jake < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> We're raising the minimum OS X to 10.8 (2012). The iOS minimum is still 6 >> (also 2012), but I wonder whether we should also raise that a version (or >> even two) considering its uniquely rapid upgrade cycle (frequently upgraded >> hardware, less user ability to opt out of software updates). >> >> Bumping it to iOS 8 would also allow us to stop making static builds and >> thus gain support for App Extensions. >> >> Thoughts? Tor Arne? >> -- >> Jake Petroules - [email protected] >> Consulting Services Engineer - The Qt Company >> >> From: Development <[email protected]> on behalf of >> Turunen Tuukka <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 11:18 PM >> To: John Layt <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < >> [email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Development] Minimum Deployment Platforms for 5.7 onwards? >> >> >> >> Hi John, >> >> >> >> This item was discussed at Qt Contributor’s Summit, please see session >> notes: http://wiki.qt.io/QtCS2015_LTS >> >> >> >> For compilers this is also documented to the Qt Base change log: >> http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/dist/changes-5.5.1 >> >> >> >> For 5.6 the current list of supported platforms and compilers is the >> following: http://wiki.qt.io/Qt-5.6.0-tools-and-versions (note that we >> are working to add OS X 10.11 to CI and fully support it) >> >> >> >> The idea is that by making Qt 5.6 LTS, we gain more freedom to drop older >> (non-c++11) compilers as well as older platforms from Qt 5.7 and subsequent >> versions. Those who have such older platforms to support, are recommended >> to stay with the LTS version for a while. This approach allows us to move >> faster for new features planned for future Qt releases. >> >> >> >> For application developers the documentation is often the best source to >> find the list of supported platforms: >> http://doc.qt.io/QtSupportedPlatforms/index.html This has not yet been >> updated to 5.6, but will be before the final release. >> >> >> >> Yours, >> >> >> >> Tuukka >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Development [mailto:[email protected] >> <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *John Layt >> *Sent:* keskiviikkona 30. joulukuuta 2015 20.43 >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [Development] Minimum Deployment Platforms for 5.7 onwards? >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Can I just clarify what the minimum deployment platforms are for 5.7 >> onwards? That is, the lowest version of each OS that the code must still >> run on? Far as I can tell it's something like: >> >> Windows 7 (or Vista?) >> >> Windows Embedded Compact 2013 >> >> OSX 10.8 >> >> iOS 5.0? >> >> Android 4.1 (API Level 16)? >> >> RHEL 6.6 >> >> Ubuntu 11.10? >> >> There really should be a wiki page for this... >> >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> John. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Development mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development > > >
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