Re: Bump MIN_WINNT to 0x0600 (Vista) as minimal runtime in 16~

On 2022-07-06 We 16:46, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 7:28 PM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 03:14:16PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
>>> Actually, this can go with the bump of MIN_WINNT as it uses one of the
>>> IsWindows*OrGreater() macros as a runtime check.  And there are two
>>> more places in pg_ctl.c that can be similarly cleaned up.
>>>
>>> It is possible that I have missed some spots, of course.
>> It does not seem to be the case on a second look.  The buildfarm
>> animals running Windows are made of:
>> - hamerkop, Windows server 2016 (based on Win10 AFAIK)
>> - drongo, Windows server 2019
>> - bowerbird, Windows 10 pro
>> - jacana, Windows 10
>> - fairywren, Msys server 2019
>> - bichir, Ubuntu/Windows 10 mix
>>
>> Now that v16 is open for business, any objections to move on with this
>> patch and bump MIN_WINNT to 0x0A00 on HEAD?  There are follow-up items
>> for large pages and more.
> +1 for proceeding.  This will hopefully unblock a few things, and it's
> good to update our claims to match the reality of what we are actually
> testing and able to debug.
>
> The build farm also has frogmouth and currawong, 32 bit systems
> running Windows XP, but they are only testing REL_10_STABLE so I
> assume Andrew will decommission them in November.


Yeah, it's not capable of supporting anything newer, so  it will finally
go to sleep this year.


cheers


andrew


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