[Vm-dev] Question | Bump min support from WinXP to Win8

Marcel Taeumel marcel.taeumel at hpi.de
Thu May 14 09:14:00 UTC 2020


> I thought we already bumped to Vista some time ago? did I miss something?

Maybe in some MSVC Makefiles? But not in the ones that are used via AppVeyor.

Best,
Marcel
Am 14.05.2020 11:12:32 schrieb Tobias Pape <das.linux at gmx.de>:


> On 14.05.2020, at 10:39, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>
> Vista was crap. :-)

Then 0x0601 I don't care too much.
I thought we already bumped to Vista some time ago? did I miss something?
-t

>
> Best,
> Marcel
>> Am 14.05.2020 10:37:19 schrieb Fabio Niephaus :
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 9:01 AM Marcel Taeumel
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Hmm... regarding that function, 0x0600 would be enough. Sure. But Vista?
>> > Seriously? :-D
>> >
>> > It's voting time! Here you go: http://www.strawpoll.me/20045290
>> >
>>
>> No need to vote, you gave the best reason to keep 0x0600 in your statement
>> above. Why drop support if 0x0600 is enough!?
>>
>> Fabio
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Marcel
>> >
>> > Am 13.05.2020 21:50:49 schrieb Nicolas Cellier
>> > nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com>:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 19:15, Ben Coman a écrit :
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 16:38, Stéphane Rollandin
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >> > We could bump further but Windows 8 looks like a fair improvement in
>> > >> > reliability and robustness comparing to its predecessors. And the
>> > last
>> > >> > update for Windows 8 was only 8 years ago. Not even a decade. :-)
>> > >>
>> > >> FWIW I am still on Windows 8.1
>> > >>
>> > >> Stef
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > Whoops. I was about to say Windows 8 was crap - no one uses it. sorry.
>> > >
>> > > The "good" versions of Windows were XP, 7 and 10.
>> > >
>> > > My work machine is actually still on Windows 7. It only became
>> > > end-of-life at the beginning of this year.
>> > > I'd like to upgrade to 10 soon, but there are many 7 installations in
>> > the
>> > > wild for a coupe more years.
>> > > Roughly 200 million PCs worldwide will still be running older Windows
>> > > versions, mostly Windows 7.
>> > > Here it is by portion.
>> > > [image: image.png]
>> > >
>> > >
>> > https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > So I'd agree XP definitely should be dumped, but settling on Win 8 seems
>> > > pointless.
>> > > Either also keep Win 7
>> > > or also dump Win 8 and jump all the way to Win 10.
>> > >
>> > > my two cents...
>> > > cheers -ben
>> > >
>> > > like Ben said, thanks for these pointers.
>> > it seems that the function is supported as of 0x0600 (vista and server
>> > 2008)
>> > So it's not necessary to break compatibility with windows 7 yet, too many
>> > users still.
>> > Just use 0x0600 instead of 0x0602.
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 19:15, Ben Coman a écrit :
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 16:38, Stéphane Rollandin
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > We could bump further but Windows 8 looks like a fair improvement in
>> >>>
>> >>> > reliability and robustness comparing to its predecessors. And the last
>> >>>
>> >>> > update for Windows 8 was only 8 years ago. Not even a decade. :-)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> FWIW I am still on Windows 8.1
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Stef
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Whoops. I was about to say Windows 8 was crap - no one uses it. sorry.
>> >>
>> >> The "good" versions of Windows were XP, 7 and 10.
>> >>
>> >> My work machine is actually still on Windows 7. It only became
>> >> end-of-life at the beginning of this year.
>> >> I'd like to upgrade to 10 soon, but there are many 7 installations in the
>> >> wild for a coupe more years.
>> >> Roughly 200 million PCs worldwide will still be running older Windows
>> >> versions, mostly Windows 7.
>> >> Here it is by portion.
>> >> [image: image.png]
>> >>
>> >> https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So I'd agree XP definitely should be dumped, but settling on Win 8 seems
>> >> pointless.
>> >> Either also keep Win 7
>> >> or also dump Win 8 and jump all the way to Win 10.
>> >>
>> >> my two cents...
>> >> cheers -ben
>> >>
>> >> like Ben said, thanks for these pointers.
>> > it seems that the function is supported as of 0x0600 (vista and server
>> > 2008)
>> > So it's not necessary to break compatibility with windows 7 yet, too many
>> > users still.
>> > Just use 0x0600 instead of 0x0602.
>> >
>> >
>> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 9:01 AM Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hmm... regarding that function, 0x0600 would be enough. Sure. But Vista? Seriously? :-D
>>
>>
>> It's voting time! Here you go: http://www.strawpoll.me/20045290
>>
>> No need to vote, you gave the best reason to keep 0x0600 in your statement above. Why drop support if 0x0600 is enough!?
>>
>> Fabio
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Marcel
>>>
>>> Am 13.05.2020 21:50:49 schrieb Nicolas Cellier :
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 19:15, Ben Coman a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 16:38, Stéphane Rollandin
>>>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> > We could bump further but Windows 8 looks like a fair improvement in
>>>
>>> >> > reliability and robustness comparing to its predecessors. And the last
>>>
>>> >> > update for Windows 8 was only 8 years ago. Not even a decade. :-)
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> FWIW I am still on Windows 8.1
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> Stef
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Whoops. I was about to say Windows 8 was crap - no one uses it. sorry.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > The "good" versions of Windows were XP, 7 and 10.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > My work machine is actually still on Windows 7. It only became
>>>
>>> > end-of-life at the beginning of this year.
>>>
>>> > I'd like to upgrade to 10 soon, but there are many 7 installations in the
>>>
>>> > wild for a coupe more years.
>>>
>>> > Roughly 200 million PCs worldwide will still be running older Windows
>>>
>>> > versions, mostly Windows 7.
>>>
>>> > Here it is by portion.
>>>
>>> > [image: image.png]
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > So I'd agree XP definitely should be dumped, but settling on Win 8 seems
>>>
>>> > pointless.
>>>
>>> > Either also keep Win 7
>>>
>>> > or also dump Win 8 and jump all the way to Win 10.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > my two cents...
>>>
>>> > cheers -ben
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > like Ben said, thanks for these pointers.
>>>
>>> it seems that the function is supported as of 0x0600 (vista and server 2008)
>>>
>>> So it's not necessary to break compatibility with windows 7 yet, too many
>>>
>>> users still.
>>>
>>> Just use 0x0600 instead of 0x0602.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 19:15, Ben Coman a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 16:38, Stéphane Rollandin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > We could bump further but Windows 8 looks like a fair improvement in
>>>
>>>
>>> > reliability and robustness comparing to its predecessors. And the last
>>>
>>>
>>> > update for Windows 8 was only 8 years ago. Not even a decade. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> FWIW I am still on Windows 8.1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Stef
>>>
>>> Whoops. I was about to say Windows 8 was crap - no one uses it. sorry.
>>>
>>> The "good" versions of Windows were XP, 7 and 10.
>>>
>>> My work machine is actually still on Windows 7. It only became end-of-life at the beginning of this year.
>>> I'd like to upgrade to 10 soon, but there are many 7 installations in the wild for a coupe more years.
>>> Roughly 200 million PCs worldwide will still be running older Windows versions, mostly Windows 7.
>>> Here it is by portion.
>>>
>>> https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/
>>>
>>> So I'd agree XP definitely should be dumped, but settling on Win 8 seems pointless.
>>> Either also keep Win 7
>>> or also dump Win 8 and jump all the way to Win 10.
>>>
>>> my two cents...
>>> cheers -ben
>>>
>>> like Ben said, thanks for these pointers.
>>> it seems that the function is supported as of 0x0600 (vista and server 2008)
>>> So it's not necessary to break compatibility with windows 7 yet, too many users still.
>>> Just use 0x0600 instead of 0x0602.
>>>
>>>
>>


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