In that case, I think the best course of immediate action is to bump to Windows 7 as Kai suggested. If someone has the time to implement a configure option for changing this default like Ruben suggest that would be a great. Here is a patch for the former. Please Review
diff --git a/mingw-w64-headers/crt/_mingw.h.in b/mingw-w64-headers/crt/_ mingw.h.in index 2742b115..03de2212 100644 --- a/mingw-w64-headers/crt/_mingw.h.in +++ b/mingw-w64-headers/crt/_mingw.h.in @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ limitations in handling dllimport attribute. */ #ifndef _WIN32_WINNT -#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x502 +#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x601 #endif #ifndef _INT128_DEFINED Best, Martell On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Ruben Van Boxem <[email protected]> wrote: > I would maybe go one step further and make this a configure option (with > default value). Then a user can decide if it's necessary to increase this > for any reason whatsoever. > > Op 9 jun. 2017 11:18 a.m. schreef "Kai Tietz via Mingw-w64-public" < > [email protected]>: > > > I agree that - if we want to increase default windows version - we > > should bump our default to Windows 7. Windows Vista is already on the > > way to die ... > > Nevertheless, IMHO we should do that increase just for our master. > > > > Regards, > > Kai > > > > 2017-06-04 1:33 GMT+02:00 Martell Malone <[email protected]>: > > > Thanks for that clarification Ricardo. > > > It seems that when we bumped we didn't bump far enough :) > > > Kai what are your thoughts? > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 12:13 AM, Ricardo Constantino < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> On 3 June 2017 at 19:52, Mateusz Mikuła <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > 0x0502 is Windows Server 2003 > > >> > > > >> > If changing default target it should be done properly. Windows Vista > > is > > >> > EOL and it's share is lower than XP so I'd vote for Windows 7. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ------ Original Message ------ > > >> > Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] Default _WIN32_WINNT version too low? > > >> > Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 18:27:40 +0100 > > >> > To: Mingw-w64-public > > >> > From: Martell Malone > > >> > > Hey, > > >> > > > > >> > > As per my discussion with LLVM devs here. > > >> > > 0x600 is the min version required to support libc++ win32 > threading. > > >> > > https://reviews.llvm.org/D33384 > > >> > > > > >> > > I'm not quite sure why we currently have 0x502 as the default. > > >> > > It seems to be a number sitting between Windows XP and Vista. > > >> > > > >> > > >> Besides being Windows Server 2003 it's also XP SP2. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > I would like to propose we bump to 0x600 which is Vista for this > > >> reason. > > >> > > > > >> > > Kind Regards > > >> > > Martell > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> > ------------------ > > >> > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > >> > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > > >> > > [email protected] > > >> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> > ------------------ > > >> > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > >> > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > > >> > [email protected] > > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > >> > > > >> > > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> ------------------ > > >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Mingw-w64-public mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
