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| author | Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-04-17 09:27:38 +0200 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2014-04-17 07:27:44 +0000 |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?)
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If windows builds just stops working for XP, it just +> stops working, however I don't foresee that happening. I would make a +> reasonable guess that the client probably would even run without fuss on +> Win2k. +> + +The _WIN32_WINNT define that is used (0x0501) makes Windows XP the lowest +version that the software will run on. It would be trivial to bump this to +Windows Vista (0x0600). + +But in that case the user won't get a helpful message, the software will +outright refuse to run. So I thought, maybe it makes sense to show a +message that XP support is going to be removed - which must happen sooner +or later. + +The insecurity of the platform adds urgence to this. So I thought "let's +ask for advice on the mailing list". + +But what I get is contortions into unrelated topics (what does auto-update +have to do with this?), paranoid banter about 'manipulating users', +diversions into other topics. Sure, there's a thin line between being +helpful and being seen as manipulative, but it's over the top to compare +this with in-browser banners. It could be so much as a one-time message. + +But it's time to close this issue. I'll do nothing here. I will however +stop testing on a Windows XP VM myself. + +Wladimir + +--047d7bdca61eb8f1ca04f737f75b +Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">= +On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Ben Carroll <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= +=3D"mailto:ben@q9y.net" target=3D"_blank">ben@q9y.net</a>></span> wrote:= +<br><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex= +;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> +<div dir=3D"ltr">While forcefully dropping XP support would seem like a was= +te of time, and somewhat arbitrary. =C2=A0If windows builds just stops work= +ing for XP, it just stops working, however I don't foresee that happeni= +ng. =C2=A0I would make a reasonable guess that the client probably would ev= +en run without fuss on Win2k.</div> +</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The _WIN32_WINNT define that is used (0x05= +01) makes Windows XP the lowest version that the software will run on. It w= +ould be trivial to bump this to Windows Vista (0x0600).<br><br></div><div> +But in that case the user won't get a helpful message, the software wil= +l outright refuse to run. So I thought, maybe it makes sense to show a mess= +age that XP support is going to be removed - which must happen sooner or la= +ter.<br> +<br></div><div>The insecurity of the platform adds urgence to this. So I th= +ought "let's ask for advice on the mailing list".<br><br></di= +v><div>But what I get is contortions into unrelated topics (what does auto-= +update have to do with this?), paranoid banter about 'manipulating user= +s', diversions into other topics. Sure, there's a thin line between= + being helpful and being seen as manipulative, but it's over the top to= + compare this with in-browser banners. It could be so much as a one-time me= +ssage.<br> +<br>But it's time to close this issue. I'll do nothing here. I will= + however stop testing on a Windows XP VM myself.<br><br></div><div>Wladimir= +<br></div></div><br></div></div> + +--047d7bdca61eb8f1ca04f737f75b-- + + |