From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.73]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0800383603F for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:45:08 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org F0800383603F 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 (mreue109 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MmDAc-1mQRco46yW-00iAqg for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:45:07 +0100 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 502F6A81052; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:45:06 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:45:06 +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: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:3AeBmxbNz6FSaudi8QEk/DjvbruyJFgDM44gsecyzpQ7CNKDiku ji3cJvEVuVc01NiUMyPzEwwb5SJMPaHlBAQ3VZyi2aplMd+YNpMCM61N6hJDKigXh1PiMur sI2u9XyMqGV3yGhYg+ZKzoM9dm8UAdC5TRMR3zCUi/1wKqqO3a4sFwivrQ2Md7Lk4WuaZtp UOMfO421UJNfLSmO60uiQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:8GacOHGF3wY=:CibueIhSLiDmN53VfenbgU SJC/lB5ETOJf3OJxaehL/JAfXLKpdrfWxEZhjpjA0TR4jLoZEydrghaq9P4KLD9tPYu2GH3Tv QDGJRY+r8OmRhlP/WdOpVNZM5FQqEfUG0HwMepzpx+U4LFH0VG+WTN//yjX7s7pV3bKfbNgKu MdYdRNdOvSrFFUZ/IgB4w//qAMP8nwOXnWMRK+LNt2fsT7MVGgd7fxmkHRm1Y/XMEt2IeDl73 1e0LwYCgGrQpHprqCYyJG+SfvrIYTBVvyskDji3KqK+qTeJgaOLdKQcX6Btki1maSK7hvzjJc eVndHtW1y1cZvg+/NoVNa34ZVq7Jd796iCDZx1c9dDRnL/PKhdJMthn7a/8/ro5o4f6NysWtu 5OoNLqvkfvZnAG+puQFYHfWeqmPH+sCQHcJe2SU4WaiYcvMYPMQyXUEgMV6TYzd73pPV7LCVF jAedxmCJ9Nx7mjsIY/7fRd64hAeyfK3+knk5qGPCugVQqe03rx8c/fQo1E3y2GNzIHlG2H53c D1GqCwOETembT5DGZcPihjAoCh4BnTl/taRjwZoC/8lfxbf5adcWHsSEFMZL+c6xtvbCy2Lka fcB0mJrUlFe7DA55ptX1CndRyfg5fqQMckMrYEMAgq/DfkHj+hKkFaN3JNTwDCYdRGdGNc8ky Gg8d5q2zFdmruCqAJIqDadl1eoed9Gjcqz0pT9NrfoTTEs6u+vKr8C1UiESdxSKyuG7ylSilv Zv3b4R5FINwtkIC3 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-95.9 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 11:45:10 -0000 On Jan 14 10:54, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > 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. Point. Corinna