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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: F37 Change: MinGW UCRT target (Self-Contained Change proposal)
From:       Ron Yorston <rmy () frippery ! org>
Date:       2022-01-31 20:36:26
Message-ID: 61f8484a.6NMXqDfqzlWHDx4B%rmy () frippery ! org
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Tomasz Torcz <tomek@pipebreaker.pl> wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 05:17:29PM +0100, Kevin Kofler via devel wrote:
>> 
>> But yes, for Windows releases ≥ 95 OSR 2 and < 10 (and no, Windows version 
>> numbers are not anywhere near monotonic ;-) ), MSVCRT is included out of the 
>> box, UCRT is not. Is it really a good default to depend on a runtime library 
>> that is only included in Windows ≥ 10?
>
>  I've just checked, Windows 10 was released 7 years ago (Fedora 22
>timeframe).  We don't have to care about compatibility with so ancient
>releases.

Not Windows 95, sure, but the Windows world moves at a much slower pace
than Fedora, especially among non-technical users.  Windows 7 and 8 are
still out there.  Even XP.

That's why I consider the 32-bit MSVCRT binary the primary release of
my Windows software:  I can be sure it'll run on whatever ancient system 
it might end up on.

Ron
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