Hello, Could we keep XP for the 5.0 release and then drop it after?
For VLC, we will keep XP compatibility for the next major release, in a few days, and then drop it totally. On Sun, 15 Oct 2017, at 11:21, Martell Malone wrote: > I figured this would be a good point to revive this discussion. > LLVM/Clang progress for mingw-w64 has come on quite a lot since I brought > this up. > > The last time we had an issue around libcxx needing 0x600 for c++ threads > without winpthreads. > Now libunwind is in the same situation. > > Martin has been working hard to get libunwind in shape for mingw-w64 but > the locks also require 0x600. > (This is the same api used in libc++) > https://reviews.llvm.org/D38704 > > I thought FF 52 was the last version but > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/end-support-windows-xp-and-vista > > Also it seems to be well past that time now anyway. > https://www.mozilla.org/media/img/firefox/organizations/release-overview-high-res.78cf477dd915.png > > > A little longer term > I think with this transition we should also be able to create a new > pthreads library using the same api's available after vista. > This should give us room to have c11 threads and just wrap pthreads > around > this much like musl libc does. > > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Adrien Nader <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > The implication of this change would be that you need a separate > > toolchain to target these OSes and 5.x is not going to be abandoned > > tomorrow, which gives you plenty of time. > > > > I've followed the support from browsers and FF 53 which is an ESR is the > > last browser to support XP. Since it's recent and ESR, support will last > > a few more months but that's about it. > > > > The possibility for you would be the aforementioned patch and default to > > something more recent to XP but still allow to target it. That's the > > moment you're welcome to do it and post it for review on the list. > > Targeting XP will not be supported but that's actually the current > > situation anyway since the majority of people here are not testing XP > > anymore. > > > > -- > > Adrien Nader > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > 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 -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf - President +33 672 704 734 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
