From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from www16.qth.com (www16.qth.com [69.16.238.67]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA6C3388F060 for ; Mon, 11 May 2020 14:55:01 +0000 (GMT) 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@plebeian.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==; Received: from [127.0.0.1] (port=54778 helo=www16.qth.com) by www16.qth.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jY9pd-008pz8-8F for cygwin@cygwin.com; Mon, 11 May 2020 09:55:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 10:55:01 -0400 From: Chris Wagner To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Default mingw _WIN32_WINNT In-Reply-To: <5dfce652-c039-64af-e839-2bda021f7437@emrich-ebersheim.de> References: <7101b829ec197e48e3aaf373625d950e95e29df4.camel@cygwin.com> <20200505085436.GC3947@calimero.vinschen.de> <5dfce652-c039-64af-e839-2bda021f7437@emrich-ebersheim.de> Message-ID: <8d3d6f8a857fa0c2dbf604a2fbc3b8d9@plebeian.com> X-Sender: wagnerc@plebeian.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@plebeian.com X-Authenticated-Sender: www16.qth.com: wagnerc@plebeian.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@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 14:55:12 -0000 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.