Forgot about that one, good find.
Minimum deployment targets in JUCE 8 are as follows (you can find these in the readme)
Deployment Targets
- macOS: macOS 10.11
- Windows: Windows 10
- Linux: Mainstream Linux distributions
- iOS: iOS 12
- Android: Android 5 - Lollipop (API Level 21)
There were several reasons for moving to Windows 10, D2D was definitely a factor. We were already considering dropping Windows 7 support (I can’t remember the details there were some limiting factors for us), and adoption of Windows 8/8.1 seems poor. Some of the other considerations we included in taking this decision include…
- Microsoft ended ‘extended support’ for Windows 7 in early 2020
- Microsoft ended ‘extended support’ for Windows 8.1 in early 2023
- Windows 10 was first launched almost 9 years ago
- Several popular audio device manufacturers have dropped driver and software support below Windows 10
- Most of the latest versions of DAWs only support Windows 10+ including
- Cubase/Nuendo
- FL Studio
- Ableton Live
- Pro Tools
- Studio One