On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Niall Douglas
On 7 May 2015 at 12:06, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
Incidentally, feelings on XP support seem very muted this time round, with everyone agreeing we should drop it after the next Boost release. I admit surprise on the consensus.
Why wait until after the next release?
1. The Windows Server based on XP hasn't EOLed yet. In July it will.
Perhaps you should mention server 2003 too then..
2. End users will need to be warned next release that that will be the last with XP support.
End users don't care / know about Boost. Do you mean downstream developers?
There are a *lot* of end users who care deeply about XP support. It's still 15% of the PC desktop market. They should be warned about this change. In the end though, if none of the devs are testing for XP, I think we have to drop guarantees for it.
That said, I'd support develop branch going Vista only from now on. Master branch should stay at XP for one more release.
Won't the next release be based on the (current) develop branch? -- Olaf