Re: [boost] Windows XP support survey

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Andrey Semashev wrote:

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Niall Douglas wrote:

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The Boost SC suggested I ask about Microsoft Windows XP support in ... 2. Whether they regularly test their libraries on a Windows XP machine to ensure their libraries work there.

I don't. My libraries are only tested on Windows XP if some testers do that.

+1

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3. Their personal opinion about when would be best to drop mandatory Microsoft Windows XP support. Individual library maintainers can of course choose to keep supporting it.

I think it is more correct to bump the default Windows target to Vista or even 7, if there is any significant difference. Whether or not particular libraries support building for older Windows is a choice of the library maintainers. I don't think there are mandatory requirements on support for a particular Windows version (or a particular OS in general).

+1 --Beman