> Am 19.08.2026 um 01:31 schrieb Rick McGuire <[email protected]>:
> 
> I think the question of how long should Windows 7 and Windows 8 support 
> should continue. These are really old and no longer supported. There are also 
> some improvements that could be made (e.g., higher precision on the time 
> function) that require newer APIS. 
> 
> Rick
> 

I am not a Windows user so I have no objections ;-)

/P.O.

> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM P.O. Jonsson <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Dear Gil,
> 
> Here is a summary of what we have right now for Windows
> 
> Platform      Visual Studio   CMake           IPO Support
> W7_32         VS 2019         3.20.3          IPO
> W7_64         VS 2019         3.20.3          IPO
> W8_32         VS 2019         3.20.3          IPO
> W8_64         VS 2019         3.20.3          IPO
> W10_32                VS 2022         3.22.2          IPO
> W10_64                VS 2022         3.22.2          IPO
> W11_32                VS 2022         3.25.0-rc2      IPO
> W11_64                VS 2022         3.25.0-rc2      IPO
> 
> Notes:
> VS 2019 is not available from Microsoft any more (only a bootstrap is 
> available and the actual download fail)
> VS 2022 seems not to be installable on W7 or W8 so no upgrade is possible
> 
> I assume (but have not tested) that it works to uninstall VS 2022 and replace 
> it with a newer version for Windows 10 and 11, but not on Windows 7 and 8 
> (8.1)
> 
> Summary of tests failures and errors, ignoring timing problems (virtualbox 
> issues)
> 
> Platform      Failing Tests           Error tests
> W7_32         3X SysUnicode (UTF-8)   3X Clipboard (UTF-8)    Message:  UTF8 
> is known to fail prior to Windows 10 2018
> W7_64         3X SysUnicode (UTF-8)   3X Clipboard (UTF-8)    Message:  UTF8 
> is known to fail prior to Windows 10 2018
> W8_32         3X SysUnicode (UTF-8)   3X Clipboard (UTF-8)    Message:  UTF8 
> is known to fail prior to Windows 10 2018
> W8_64         3X SysUnicode (UTF-8)   3X Clipboard (UTF-8)    Message:  UTF8 
> is known to fail prior to Windows 10 2018
> W10_32                None                    None
> W10_64                None                    None
> W11_32                None                    None
> W11_64                None                    None
> 
> This points to incompatibility for UTF-8 on Windows 7 and 8. This should be 
> documented and the tests maybe rewritten to make these errors  known errors 
> at least
> 
> P.O. Jonsson
> Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse,
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 18.08.2026 um 20:01 schrieb Gilbert Barmwater via Oorexx-devel 
>> <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>> 
>> From a Windows perspective, it looks like I may need to update my VS 
>> Community Edition (which I probably should have done a long time ago 
>> <blush>).  Not sure what Jenkins has installed but this may apply to it/them 
>> as well.  Just a heads up.
>> 
>> Gil
>> 
>> On 8/18/2026 12:47 PM, P. O. Jonsson wrote:
>>> 
>>> Von meinem iPhone gesendet
>>> P.O. Jonsson
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:
>>> 
>>>> Von: "P.O. Jonsson" <[email protected]> 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> Datum: 18. August 2026 um 18:46:06 MESZ
>>>> An: "P.O. Jonsson" <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> Betreff: Bump CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD to 17?
>>>> 
>>>> Bump CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD to 17?
>>>> 
>>>> This mail got stuck in my outbasked, unclear why. Here it comes again
>>>> 
>>>> Gil just pointed out that it is about C++ not CMake so I have no 
>>>> objections then, if there are to much to take care of afterwards it can 
>>>> always be rolled back.
>>>> 
>>>> Ubuntu 16 is Erich´s private machine he must tell if it is fine to let it 
>>>> go
>>>> 
>>>> P.O. Jonsson
>>>> Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse,
>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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