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The usage rate of XP is dropping fast now. There are manufacturers that don't even make XP drivers for their new hardware anymore. That will be the final nail in XP's coffin, finally, after 13 years.
MS doesn't support it anymore, so hardware manufacturers will drop support as well. QT5 basically doesn't seem to care about XP anymore, so even if Kovid would like to keep Calibre running on it, he probably can't. Sticking to QT4 forever, with the only reason being to support an ancient OS is madness.
BTW... I've not seen an XP desktop in active use for two years now, except at some of our government departments, who seem to be taken completely by surprise regarding XP's EOL... Which was announced in 2010, extended in 2011, announced again in 2013, and finally enforced.
Seeing the Windows 7 usage on the rise, still, with Windows 8.x basically being Vista 2 but much worse even, we could see 7's support being extended from 2020 to 2023-ish...
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