Re: Raising minimum target Windows version

From: Georg Gast (georg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-10-04 14:47:55

Yes, 113 is from me. We still need to support some machines which run on it. I hope they get soon upgraded to a new os.

The application gets updated. About all 4 to 8 boost versions the used boost from the application gets updated. Just keep in touch with the current libraries.

It is still a pita to support XP nowadays...

04.10.2023 10:45:48 Peter Dimov via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>:

> Andrey Semashev wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm considering raising minimum target Windows version for my libraries
>> to at least Windows 7. This means dropping workarounds for missing
>> WinAPI functions that are present (but, for a very long time now,
>> untested) for Windows XP.
> ...
>> Comments? Objections? Counter-proposals? I'm especially interested in
>> comments regarding Windows 7 as the new baseline - am I being too
>> conservative?
> 
> FWIW, people are still using Boost in $current_year to target Windows XP.
> Yes, this surprised me as well.
> 
> https://github.com/boostorg/system/issues/113
> https://github.com/boostorg/system/issues/111
> https://github.com/boostorg/system/issues/110
> 
> Note that 113 is specifically about building Filesystem.
> 
> 
> 
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