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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in
Windows XP (or drop support?)
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Ben Carroll <ben@q9y.net> wrote:
While forcefully dropping XP support would seem like a waste of time, and
> somewhat arbitrary. 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
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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:=
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<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>
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