From: "U.Nakamura" <usa@...>
Date: 2011-01-31T10:46:59+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:35012] Re: Question: Windows versions - supported and deprecated platforms.

Hello,

In message "[ruby-core:35010] Question: Windows versions - supported and deprecated platforms."
    on Jan.31,2011 10:29:34, <luislavena@gmail.com> wrote:
> While is not clear from the SupportedPlatforms wiki page:
> http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/wiki/ruby-19/SupportedPlatforms
> 
> mswin32 can be identified as Windows 9X.

I hope that current state of mswin32 is:
  Best effort: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
  Perhaps: Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4.0, 2000


> Keeping win9x code or API usage can impact any further improvement in
> Windows area as limit our abilities to take advantage of these newer
> functionality.

agree.


> Having said this, could be possible we raise the bar on _WIN32_WINNT
> to minimum 0x0500 ?

0x0501, I want :)


Regards,
-- 
U.Nakamura <usa@garbagecollect.jp>