hi all, >>> The currently sold CPU's are not really the measurement stick here. The >>> measurement stick is actually installed Win 32 systems. >> Yes, but what's the 32-bit Windows install base which is capable of running >> Qt? We only support Windows 7 and above now, so I can't imagine it's very >> many. Perhaps we should try to find some metrics to base our decision on. > > That's an important point: since Qt 5.7, we no longer support anything older > than Windows 7. That was the first Windows with decent 64-bit support and > computers with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and now 10 tended to come with the 64-bit > version pre-installed. So the chances of users running 64-bit Windows are > much > higher now.
when using qt inside a plugin it is not necessarily a question how many users are on 64-bit windows, but how many are on 64-bit hosts, as 32-bit host can run on 64-bit windows. i don't care about the binary packages, though. as long as i can still build from sources, i'm fine ... but please don't completely drop support for 32-bit windows. cheers, tim _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
