From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-2.mimecast.com [207.211.31.81]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1753C385DC1B for ; Fri, 8 May 2020 00:33:34 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 1753C385DC1B Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=yselkowitz@cygwin.com Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-419-k5OAV65NPTKvTo1XcUfg9w-1; Thu, 07 May 2020 20:33:31 -0400 X-MC-Unique: k5OAV65NPTKvTo1XcUfg9w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 528F580058A for ; Fri, 8 May 2020 00:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ovpn-116-95.rdu2.redhat.com (ovpn-116-95.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.116.95]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F26775C1B0 for ; Fri, 8 May 2020 00:33:29 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <95f068fab863e88dfe99734834e00af73a13d64a.camel@cygwin.com> Subject: Re: Default mingw _WIN32_WINNT From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:33:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20200505085436.GC3947@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <7101b829ec197e48e3aaf373625d950e95e29df4.camel@cygwin.com> <20200505085436.GC3947@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Evolution 3.34.4 (3.34.4-1.fc31) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=no 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: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:33:35 -0000 On Tue, 2020-05-05 at 10:54 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On May 5 08:45, Biswapriyo Nath via Cygwin wrote: > > Chaging the defines in package may break others installation. >=20 > No, it doesn't in this case. In what case would it? > Yaakov is talking about mingw-w64 headers used to create *Cygwin* > applications using the occasional Windows function. Cygwin executables > in the distro run on Vista but not on XP or 2K3 anymore, given the > Cygwin DLL doesn't. That too, as well as the mingw64-*-headers used in the MinGW-w64 toolchain. > Therefore it might be a good idea to bump the default for these > Cygwin-related headers to at least 0x0600. >=20 > 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. I suppose so for Cygwin, but the mingw64-*-headers could be different. > 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. Fair enough. -- Yaakov