From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yb1-xb2f.google.com (mail-yb1-xb2f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2f]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A10033877414 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:55:32 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org A10033877414 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dinwoodie.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=dinwoodie.org Received: by mail-yb1-xb2f.google.com with SMTP id v186so22954295ybg.1 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 02:55:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dinwoodie.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=sbMsrqWlYO3u4XbSdNLCiW398jGIbUiIMhvlC1C5OVM=; b=ZX+eTwGnaQNIPcdDbFh9WLzqjtBaJ2nEIVv5txn/xEAXka3E6PqkZy37UyYOT18zW8 3bq3AX69CdIJcGecneA4/RXu2WYDa9AJfFLWMW8FiyKSqn2x8pUaP2hRaQppwDqV54n+ x16U156eghhPp0U+Est0SvTtmZdlSCfRvDF94= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=sbMsrqWlYO3u4XbSdNLCiW398jGIbUiIMhvlC1C5OVM=; b=xWZs8NjSsNN3nYbT1Ijbm1S+mLp1w6a56hFgIc8uOzD1eoQUaFpWQo9tBC+kxyCSWl Oy4Q5815MfcBRUn32F/9MCV09XIQZU/v3S8xF01f9iQD8hGwWhKaxOYSvQVplTInbLWB i7278b8kA82apsXdhAui0s5gKEYsL0OkOR0kETAeW+35uSxl+ZgySp2lpS4JMZBbGlUQ GDLCth2Ny5nML4pXrciKh0f9ldODXGEaSMsTdhWMogusiKYuO0AiMbgzRRXGZBHxz+um 7vxEGYvfsfrKpiI64SN7XVDx6ahQ8fmRKH+9dzu10nnxYMDJNwd43FUZMgWSxfhySgt0 egyg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530ToNydWm7+dZHlctTJBZWa4M74WzCEoe0U1O2mYLnIL0lXnO2g 8D7aU+56aOdH+V2zKFzcrZ04sItZFLMNiCIcNDlSklhXa/4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzSGFZnLKNcnMJNnj9RQD3HEdEsK89WPfFIiX9PsZDXZgzwgSONRweN9SiD6iAXRjG8IJ/mfx0d4pDflmq9+Yk= X-Received: by 2002:a25:b00b:: with SMTP id q11mr12224244ybf.421.1642157732049; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 02:55:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220113151330.11027-1-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> In-Reply-To: From: Adam Dinwoodie Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:54:56 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH setup] Show a MessageBox warning if running on a deprecated Windows version To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:55:33 -0000 On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 at 09:05, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan 13 15:13, Jon Turney wrote: > > Show a MessageBox warning if we are running on a Windows version which > > we have deprecated Cygwin support for: > > > > - Windows 6.0 (Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008) > > - 32-bit Windows > > > > This warning can be disabled with '--allow-unsupported-windows'. > > --- > > > > Notes: > > Not sure if this is needed, or maybe this is just annoying to the ~3% of > > users who are running effected OSes. But maybe we want to annoy them > > into doing something about it? > > Question is, how often should setup show this message? Every time might > really be a bit annoying. Some kind of "I saw it, now leave me alone, > at least for a while" kind of function would be great. Eh. The installer tries to add icons to my desktop every time I run it unless I provide a command-line argument every time. This behaviour seems no more or less annoying to me, and I think having users see that warning is much more important than adding a desktop icon.