Re: [wsjt-devel] Windows compatibility WSJT-X and improved

[Adrian <vk...@gm...>]

Apart from Uwe's special QT6 test branch, which we gave up on recently 
until QT6 is fixed, ... we are building with QT5,

which are the releases yes ? I do not understand the concern with 
existing  regarding QT6 support ?


73


vk4tux

On 1/5/25 23:03, Charles Suckling via wsjt-devel wrote:
> Andy
>
> 2.8.0 works fine on Windows 7.  I use it daily.
>
> 73
>
> Charlie
>
> On Thu, 1 May 2025 at 14:34, Andy Durbin via wsjt-devel 
> <wsj...@li...> wrote:
>
>     "Both Windows 7 or 8.x version support will not be available for
>     Qt 6. Microsoft discontinued the support for both Windows versions
>     some time ago, and as a vendor, we can no longer maintain support
>     for these windows versions in Qt 6. Windows 7 (both 32bit and
>     64bit) was supported as a target in Qt 5.15 LTS and Windows 8.1
>     (both 32bit and 64bit) as a target in Qt 5.12 LTS. This means that
>     we will not have 32bit Windows support available. Additionally, it
>     will no longer be possible to create UWP applications on Windows 10."
>
>     ref - https://www.qt.io/blog/qt6-development-hosts-and-targets
>
>     I have found that 2.8.0 improved is not compatible with Win 8.1
>     and no one has said that it works for them.
>
>     Should the WSJT-X Windows compatibility statement be revised?  It
>     currently states - " (Windows 7 and later)" which was true for
>     2.7.0 but may not be true if later official releases use Qt6.
>
>     73,
>     Andy, k3wyc
>
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