From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.74]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A374F3858C39 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:04:37 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org A374F3858C39 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=cygwin.com Received: from calimero.vinschen.de ([24.134.7.25]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue107 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MyKYE-1mPNOq037U-00ylMU for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:04:36 +0100 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 62CB3A80ED6; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:04:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:04:34 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [PATCH setup] Show a MessageBox warning if running on a deprecated Windows version Message-ID: Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20220113151330.11027-1-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220113151330.11027-1-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Ppho+SlauDAAAawarZSeForWmA7ORHpYm2aaJpcGI6Nf2IWll8o 1sKSVbJyDqpxtvrHl8MujfSKtQjiowtXOWd3wi257OocRHMZV1NkkhSiMXnJyODp3tcOUV2 MkM8VIEn9JyUP60On17BrT3fqgAigtxke2YjGAyvRBLgpn/lKjQeY4ffEh4Z57LWWvjGjgD 86AfJBF1S6x6bop/fimqw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:n1MI0qdN/I8=:UFEVG8AOClIL7/Vc9Uk+2p IjTCm40dfs5rJlMG/RKQj3atQMkMUXzOHlT1G5VKvVSsQjS3eUg4BobhGfc0Puly3U65W248P lNbqfCy9b5bZBPp22LEkPOapsMGfzNAa7O9Cu7y0ELmsAWsFbsDfh0HSIeLZZrXB4i2aCsqHh wAyX5+Wk7h/cLdxmuJerNv9aMmjlcOPh/oKuejbmWaENIBv6as9SlYp5L+WxU9in4B6LMfpS3 m0TAhNDgxG9EAVsp33UZOBOPHYxwXL6/KW6u9iEISK4tQ8Je0BxO+4tfh4TKrehO82pXYO1Ju /d7DYES0LGozOq/jcqtbR7YxHMhv5G6myktAFVTeoQgGUzeBMbXTBNgFXUxzimB0Q5Jnzi5Cn uRIPndNlDziTmyMDpfQqSgjx2piEk/gkgXwLQCElApbGbwlknieHNjgMOusc368JMjboAYNVZ ohf9lMicDQY2KlRaRuhm0bSDlnyDdBn5lsq7XKLZ3KOzINj5aXwL6Bjnm5cmdOCOmS591A4RS Nm7hPWOprTxFeSwkEYXvEocLAvgeIRdBMrTdlZALobwtLVr4999L3Sh8/4e4A39pfVV8yi649 4tMTMTK/TJsXtNmGczBKR61t7Un7VQT33UMyzNNuRAHBWdPbU+zh4Uf1djKjyN8AaJd88Pc/y 4IKK0rNMl6bRKReaAyHDUQNrTwxyo9Gj5KcD8HzKTbrasv8qsjAMNxmyrKW4r+E2nwgOcfFDj bAyBMSBU34FDt1Lv X-Spam-Status: No, score=-95.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_FAIL, SPF_HELO_NONE, 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 09:04:39 -0000 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. Other than that, for people not visiting the home page or subscribing to the mailing lists that may turn out to be an important info, so I'm for it. Corinna