for developing the *SERVER *(in the wide sense), XP is fine. But the * INSTALLER* will have to take UAC and PCA into account. That requires testing on Vista, 2008 or Win7.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 08:55, Bo Thorsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Torsdag 15 oktober 2009 21:28:33 Peter Laursen wrote: > > 2) What here has been decribed as related to 'Vista' should be 'Vista and > > higher'. It also applies to Win2008, Win7 and Win2008r2. Do not forget > > those. Win7 will be the dominant Windows variant in a few months I > believe > > (and it deserves it as it is much better than both XP and Vista). Nobody > > should develop for Windows on 2K/XP/2003 these days. Get a copy of Win7 > 64 > > bit and use it. > > For MariaDB it doesn't matter which of these you develop on. It doesn't > (and > shouldn't) use any new features later than at least XP. I'd guess someone > could also compile it on 2K, but I agree that it's irrelevant to do that. > > However, I disagree that XP isn't an important development target. I still > believe it's the most important Windows. This is the single most installed > OS > on the planet. Supporting Windows surely also means supporting XP. MS > claimed > that all XP (and 2K/95/NT) users would all switch over to Vista. Let's see > if > they are right this time. > > Sorry if I misunderstood you here. > > Kind regards, > > Bo Thorsen, > Monty Program AB. > >
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