HI Mike, We could switch to PSAPI version 2 when targeting vista or above. I am sure there are others as just this one could have been handled without creating the **_xp variants of the toolchain. For me personally I think switching to mdvc 2015 is more important ( I know vc140_xp exists but lets not go there ) and I do not run XP or Vista anymore and I do not know any other blender dev that does. Claiming real support based on that is a bit of a false promise.
> On 29 Jan 2016, at 21:00, Mike Erwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > What newer APIs do we want to use but are being held back by XP? I know the > jump from Win 2000 to XP was because of the RawInput API for keyboard and > 3D mice. I'm not making the case for keeping XP support forever, just want > a clear case for dropping it now instead of during 2.8. > > Thomas Dinges <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Additionally, with the OpenGL 2.1 bump in 2.77, I bet a lot of these >> ancient systems, combined with Intel GMA cards will fail anyway. So what >> is the point? >> > > Martijn Berger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ... and usually hardware to match. > > > Combined with a crappy GPU, accept failure! But you can run many decent > GPUs under XP. > > Windows 7 with latest service pack is a great target for 2.8. And MSVC 2015 > as soon as possible! (It can still build for XP :)) > > Mike Erwin > musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
