[Kmymoney] Call for Windows package testers

[Cristian Oneț]

2014-08-26 16:57 GMT+03:00 Allan <agander93 at gmail.com>:
>>> Hi Cristian
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>>
>>> As I'm still afflicted with Windows XP, and not expecting that to change,
>>> it
>>> looks then that I will be unable to do any testing on Windows.  I
>>> wouldn't
>>> be expecting to test all features, anyway, just the CSV plugin.
>>>
>>> Was this version restriction in force also for the previous releases?
>>
>>
>> The previous release worked on Windows XP but it was compiled using
>> MSVC 2010. MSVC 2013 can target Windows XP platforms but I think that
>> needs to be specially setup and since Microsoft no longer offers
>> support for XP I don't know why should we do that.
>
>
> There must be hoards of people still on XP and many, perhaps, contemplating
> a move to Linux, but wanting to evaluate KMM before deciding what to do.
>
> That to me seems a pretty good reason.
>
>
>> And since creating
>> this installer took a while (see this [1]) I'm not going to redo the
>> process with MSVC 2010. Supporting multiple compilers is a PITA and
>> MSVC 2013 is needed for frameworks since it's the only MS compiler
>> having the necessary C++11 support.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cristian
>
>
> Yes, I can certainly understand that.
>
> Do you see any prospect of the KDE Windows group updating the KMM version?

After meeting some of the members at Randa I decided to join the
group. I asked about a KDE4 release but nobody was willing to commit
to another KDE4 based release. All efforts are focused on frameworks
so I don't think that's going to happen.

Regards,
Cristian

>
> Allan
>
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