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  2. QTBUG-74687

Investigate effort/pros/cons of discontinuing Windows 7 support in Qt 6 [Spike]

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      Note: This report is merely for gaining an estimate of the required work and potential benefits/drawbacks of removing Windows 7 support. It does not imply any decision.

      Benefits:

      • This would enable a substantial code cleanup:
        • Fully rely on pointer handling replacing WinTab
        • Directly invoke newer WinAPI functions instead of dynloading in a number of places (see systemlib.txt)

      Estimated workload: 1..2d

      Note however that this is tied to minimum supported version of MinGW.

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          Epic - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a big user story that needs to be broken down. QTBUG-74396 Technical enhancements of the Qt framework

          • P1: Critical - Urgent and Important, will STOP the release if matched with set FixVersion field. This includes regressions from the last version that are not edge cases; Data loss; Build issues; All but the most unlikely crashes/lockups/hanging; Serious usability issues and embarrassing bugs & Bugs critical to a deliverable. This is the highest possible priority for requirements.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. QTBUG-74423 Remove irrelevant backends for Qt Multimedia

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Task - A task that needs to be done. QTQAINFRA-3431 Remove Windows 7 from the CI

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed
          resulted in

          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue QTBUG-84433 Update documentation about removal of Windows 7 support in Qt6

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTQAINFRA-3752 Remove/Replace Windows 7 targets from CI configurations

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. QTQAINFRA-3750 Remove Windows 7 builds from Qt6

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          User Story - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a user story. QTBUG-84432 Remove Windows 7 specific code paths from Qt6

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed
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              owolff Oliver Wolff
              kleint Friedemann Kleint
              Santtu Ahonen Santtu Ahonen
              Oliver Wolff Oliver Wolff
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