Qt 6.2 supported Windows versions

[ribberlin2]

Hi all,

This Qt doc states that the minimum Windows version supported by Qt 6.2 is 1809 which correlates to build 17763.

Now, we have quite a few customers who run earlier versions of Windows Server in particular. There are quite a few versions that haven't reached end of support yet, see here.

My questions are:

• Is the 1809 minimum requirement true for Windows Server, too?
• What exactly makes Qt 6.2 require version 1809 minimum?
• Do different Qt modules have different requirements? Is there a per-module list of minimum requirements? Would our Qt 6.2 application run on older platforms if critical modules are not used?
• Are all potential issues caught at link time, or could they happen only later when the application is run (think of subtle API incompatibilities)?
• Anything else to think of?

Thanks for your help.

[jsulm]

@ribberlin2 It would be better to ask these questions on Qt developers mailing list as this is user forum.

[ribberlin2]

@jsulm Ok I'll do. Thx for the advice.