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Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 12:53:11 +0900
From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Juan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Santamar=EDa?= Flecha
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Subject: Re: Bump MIN_WINNT to 0x0600 (Vista) as minimal runtime in 16~
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On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 10:17:08AM +0200, Juan Jos=E9 Santamar=EDa Flecha w=
rote:
> There have been a couple of discussions involving not only Windows
> version10, but also the Release id:
>=20
> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/38/3347/

This mentions 0x0A00, aka Windows 10, for atomic rename support.

> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/38/3530/

Similarly 0x0A00, aka Windows 10, for fdatasync().

> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/6389b5a88e114bee85593af2853c08cd%40=
dental-vision.de

And Windows 10 1703, for large pages.

> Maybe this thread can push those others forward.

Post Windows 8, the most annoying part is that manifests are required
to be able to check at run-time on which version you are running with
routines like IsWindowsXXOrGreater() if you compiled with a threshold
of MIN_WINNT lower than the version you expect compatibility for.
And each one of those things would mean cutting a lot of past support
if we want to eliminate the manifest part.  Windows 8 ends its support
in 2023, it seems, so that sounds short even for PG16.
--
Michael

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