Re: [boost] [regression] New runners for old compilers MSVC-7.1 and GCC 3.4

Subject: Re: [boost] [regression] New runners for old compilers MSVC-7.1 and GCC 3.4
From: Stephen Kelly (hello_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-17 06:33:42

Ion Gaztañaga wrote:

>> FWIW, I think these ancient compilers are long beyond saving. We have
>> not been testing them for years, and from the test matrix it is clear
>> that MSVC-7.1 has been broken terribly but noone complained. Noone seems
>> to care about it anymore.
> 
> It's an option. Qt only supports MSVC10/GCC 4.4 and above.

Qt 5.7 will require GCC 4.7 (with -std=c++11)/MSVC 2012/recentish Clang:

 http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2015-June/022090.html

Thanks,

Steve.