X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=bCHRuj6lrqOjK+La EoAte1xUjteP2Yzf0mDnZyBaXjHB0rn+h75bpIcGr/haaHWyRT94zfnG7ML2Oq5A u11u/TeAjMOSKa2ikzonFP8xRlGAuIfGH5poxWqaLja8pZhA5D5a7RJLPwauxPk2 K9yh5XDwxmyYTaIkVAYv9ErM/rA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=aZtua/d55z2NobeW6haRGI hv7/8=; b=cbeBudv6CDAO3sEJ9qWwmr8GhKlKeYyIFCFyQJt8vm4zh/EM+3r8oO yIXwxOgv93S+6R9xkAYfQcNbrwI8Bw/59W9GpzKMpE8pDt1gZyu+xzM5vbXpFYeH OWk5W/Yy4g+QNYFTMAKRtYCI21wqXXSzsp2PNGAkfhwaog1RdAQHk= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: Yes, score=6.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FOREIGN_BODY,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=von, diese, auf, E-Mail X-HELO: mout.kundenserver.de Subject: Re: Question about XP support To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <57449FA6 DOT 8050704 AT gmx DOT de> <20160525100736 DOT GB17601 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20160525145450 DOT GA8416 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> From: Thomas Wolff Message-ID: <574AE819.3010208@towo.net> Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 15:01:13 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160525145450.GA8416@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:XFf+mjMTHkA=:Y0HpDHkrHgCdvSJkbypp+0 yXGqJux+nu26RI33ZI4VJvWatSCnIsoE0xjF+tuNHx8LISomgi6d1dGs2jC/dL7bfJ5VQz5ys KDzaWaYswR6CKBoDNsLfd+OP0rwK2c9m1PE3JTaBysIDQ08u6WV2g+j+zgW+W6Z+C42WhWMY7 QYqWdDaSx+QUKflW00N5Y1xCwl5Ze/bRksf4UD1/DGy5Zngwm4Sp1HZXO+qX/ti+dd3jmHPBl TKIkmC92RDui9v4VkhTqLkshubhsre8wPuiGhOA47kgHtegQxIuZQ+MbBIAUFkmVxCbEzGSEU xZ5YFOsfzcK6Y/RXj9WBw9YpK+VJny+6twB4AjixKrXghqq4dpXnNtkcwOwdfqZ21RcSMzKYP RhhAi069P1l+wsB774/mRaznk9vBQ1hpwV9nsElsjkTTWP+pfC99wHxJ96t7evFOqXZ6ekyWS cMdoiafYIrirGd4oCsYKfTbskF/RdSlmOIKl4gQz8vduBoRcPJ6VV8VYSpkZPqF9GUGu1enxH 6TOYrQBDQGzhs8lBUQrlPFw2ByUNYleGhIaL2WqFjebsnJv2tcMmByxdpA9E44jqTwST7Aa96 rwRHyaGaj0dnK0ch1KNf1aCHhr+FxcBfgJ2bP0+1uhUHKZPSguYU2gw9BrRuxaLN/eQmIeDZx yymP60OgbhwqMMzLXhkkGggBSt4AfW28XOhdkTkOIlrlDW8HVlZnhXHa5XdZQtA2iN37YtUcQ cp9FjodtIbFey3qxpRVq13WHmMjMSJQB6Q0/Ww== X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id u4TD1eOg007055 Am 25.05.2016 um 16:54 schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > On May 25 09:56, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> On 25 May 2016 at 06:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> On May 24 20:38, Herbert Stocker wrote: >>>> On 24.05.2016 18:44, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >>>>> I thought that support for Windows XP had been removed from Cygwin. >>>> No, has not yet been removed. >>>> And i'm sooo happy about this. >>> Uh oh, bad timing... >>> >>> The next release 2.5.2 introduces the first non-XP compatible code. >>> It's in a seldom used corner of the code and it doesn't require >>> functions unavailable on XP, so it will very likely not break 99% of the >>> existing applications yet. >>> >>> But the next release after will very likely break XP support entirely. >> Would this be something to move to 3.x because there seems to be a lot >> of people who come onto the list a lot. That way they know they can >> use 2.5.1 and that is the last 'stable' release they need to 'fork' >> from as say Cygnus-XP1 to keep going? > The XP-breaking release will certainly be a major release. I doubt it's > called 3.0, though. 2.6 is more likely. May I propose 2.7, to suggest "needs Windows 7"? And 2.siX would be the last to support Xp, to have some memorable acoustic connotation...:) Thomas --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple