Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Support for Windows 95/98/ME? (was: Solving the Pthreads issue)

[Martin Gerhardy]

Am Mittwoch, den 12.05.2010, 23:22 +0200 schrieb Volker Grabsch:
> Martin Lambers <address@hidden> schrieb:
> > On Sun, 09. May 2010, 12:09:47 +0200, Volker Grabsch wrote:
> > > 
> > > So what about dropping support for outdated Windows versions, too?
> > 
> > Microsoft does not support 95/98/ME anymore, and support for Windows
> > 2000 will end on July 13 (see <http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1131>).
> 
> Martin Lambers, Martin Gerhardy, thanks for your feedback!
> 
> Since there came no negative feedback, I think we should drop
> the support for 95/98/ME.
> 
> I also like the argument that Microsoft doesn't support those,
> either. :-)
> 
> However, I'm not sure about the quality of that nice patch,
> so asked on the GCC-patches mailing list (where this patch
> was initially proposed) for some clarification:
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2010-05/msg00904.html
> 
> Let's hope we'll get a quick reply.

For everyone who hasn't seen it yet - there is one reply already.

Greetings
Martin