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General discussions / A wish for the upcoming 2.4.3 release
« on: October 05, 2017, 08:40:18 pm »
Hello, I am currently using old software (Windows XP, Visual Studio 2008 and 2010).
I wish that the next few SFML 2.4.x releases will continue to support legacy systems. I do understand that there is a natural urge to abandon unsupported operating systems and start using improved standards such as C++11. Of course I am in favor of such progress for SFML 3, however I also want backward compatibility to be maintained for a few more years, in the form of SFML 2.4.x releases.
As a Windows XP user I am already abandoned by the developers of MSYS2, Cygwin and nuwen MinGW, for no good technical reason and it is displeasing. So please consider keeping the 2.4.x releases backward compatible and written in C++98. Kind regards.
I wish that the next few SFML 2.4.x releases will continue to support legacy systems. I do understand that there is a natural urge to abandon unsupported operating systems and start using improved standards such as C++11. Of course I am in favor of such progress for SFML 3, however I also want backward compatibility to be maintained for a few more years, in the form of SFML 2.4.x releases.
As a Windows XP user I am already abandoned by the developers of MSYS2, Cygwin and nuwen MinGW, for no good technical reason and it is displeasing. So please consider keeping the 2.4.x releases backward compatible and written in C++98. Kind regards.