X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Original-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
DMARC-Filter:	OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org BA6C3388F060
Authentication-Results:	sourceware.org;
	dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=plebeian.com
Authentication-Results:	sourceware.org;
	spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=wagnerc AT plebeian DOT com
DKIM-Signature:	v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed;
	d=plebeian.com; s=default; h=Message-ID:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To:
	From:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Sender:Reply-To
	:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:
	Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:
	List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive;
	bh=0HaLfZqYQ7e2GormYnpDpQpLzM2DZabj97gi/B9uWJk=; b=Zwf6gjVrTKreZVrvV/hxlGKSVT
	z97BiSyO8dZHjNkKvP5bwi7Pw4PgFWOQQsuF0GfVgAYdI8xYNQSzEmqGrb2uS8fuTaLr8HlknMVyN
	srUHjOzNAS2k3xJvqvxja2mtxBSC8WtkQZ/YtvA6T/9hO8I80+g7jJD6u0D1uvDCHCspFEyJLIuIA
	Wdl+3yfiAaERWTp2uebxDaN2ySHB5n6qp/CQqBAXWjxQb3sHJUxpgg4L3kuyhpPbUiZ5E1MsqbN2U
	lRzIfkpLrbQ84Y9khFjEBZvHssGiB7YNqpMG9+fdQULASEBHrvdg8uami+og0Mj/gHEO5ULNf0tGf
	gGeh1cdQ==;
MIME-Version:	1.0
Date:	Mon, 11 May 2020 10:55:01 -0400
From:	Chris Wagner <wagnerc AT plebeian DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Default mingw _WIN32_WINNT
In-Reply-To:	<5dfce652-c039-64af-e839-2bda021f7437@emrich-ebersheim.de>
References:	<7101b829ec197e48e3aaf373625d950e95e29df4 DOT camel AT cygwin DOT com>
	<CALK-3m+s1ZaBq1L2yHj1aVZbps98X+sQrHJATmfJEQ4oLenBOA AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
	<20200505085436 DOT GC3947 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de>
	<5dfce652-c039-64af-e839-2bda021f7437 AT emrich-ebersheim DOT de>
Message-ID:	<8d3d6f8a857fa0c2dbf604a2fbc3b8d9@plebeian.com>
X-Sender:	wagnerc AT plebeian DOT com
User-Agent:	Roundcube Webmail/1.3.8
X-AntiAbuse:	This header was added to track abuse,
	please include it with any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse:	Primary Hostname - www16.qth.com
X-AntiAbuse:	Original Domain - cygwin.com
X-AntiAbuse:	Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse:	Sender Address Domain - plebeian.com
X-Get-Message-Sender-Via:	www16.qth.com: authenticated_id: wagnerc AT plebeian DOT com
X-Authenticated-Sender:	www16.qth.com: wagnerc AT plebeian DOT com
X-Source:
X-Source-Args:
X-Source-Dir:
X-Spam-Status:	No, score=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,
	DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS,
	SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2
X-Spam-Checker-Version:	SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on
	server2.sourceware.org
X-BeenThere:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-Mailman-Version:	2.1.29
List-Id:	General Cygwin discussions and problem reports <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<http://cygwin.com/mailman/options/cygwin>,
	<mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive:	<https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=help>
List-Subscribe:	<http://cygwin.com/mailman/listinfo/cygwin>,
	<mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To:	cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com
Sender:	"Cygwin" <cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com>

On 2020-05-05 5:05 am, Rainer Emrich wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> 
> Am 05.05.2020 um 10:54 schrieb Corinna Vinschen:
>> Therefore it might be a good idea to bump the default for these
>> Cygwin-related headers to at least 0x0600.
>> 
>> Setting them to 0x0602 sounds like a good idea, but as long as we 
>> didn't
>> drop Vista or W7 support it might be premature.
>> 
>> Btw., checking Cygwin sources for Vista and W7-specific code, it 
>> turned
>> out that actually very few lines of code handle Vista or W7-specific
>> workarounds.  The advantage of removing the code is pretty minor, so I
>> didn't push the changes.  While it's a bad idea to keep Vista and W7
>> running (at least attached to the internet), we can support them a 
>> while
>> longer.
> I would expect support for Windows 7 as long as the Micsrosoft ESU
> program is active.


I would just like to chime in that it would be a crying shame if Cygwin 
were to ever drop support for Windows 7.  There are many people, myself 
one, who are dead set against Windows 10.


Thanks.

--
Problem reports:      https://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                  https://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:        https://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:     https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -