From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BDC8C433F5 for ; Thu, 5 May 2022 09:26:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:49930 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nmXkj-0005vp-MG for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Thu, 05 May 2022 05:26:29 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56068) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nmWpY-0003mX-52 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2022 04:27:24 -0400 Received: from mail-yb1-xb2d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2d]:33742) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nmWpU-0001mV-T0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2022 04:27:23 -0400 Received: by mail-yb1-xb2d.google.com with SMTP id j2so6459623ybu.0 for ; Thu, 05 May 2022 01:27:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=M+Y15q8eZi7pxqaAR7x4Ii7umLcQH5C2WqXr8VOuBc4=; b=KAySLnf+k0TclkwLpGrNS70p/se6G5fp1BxY6wa34qSMYHOAlSN4Q4xRn/XQWoIt04 3SqeJqfoMpKZLzSdGT0dwnfGzXy7/7h1R+QWd36i2mveZST9/JQRqhn2vrqGwPkWPB4M EdmjHCQJBIopgqGcRlE3O9GFG8X6PA0bB5Uryt93xykLn4qOhdzXdjnQ6uOK5UUb/0uj Hj+APEHibON7H3AnRFtKHRY114kK3sfnJNXaRG0nUagSj8MlRALhfN/sTFgXFH6ezF59 78CZqPfoTy4XP2vKiBozFCrEYCX+4KbSuf/UKTlR+aA+hsPw5tGAZfFFqftVL6EjmOnn Ly4A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=M+Y15q8eZi7pxqaAR7x4Ii7umLcQH5C2WqXr8VOuBc4=; b=CXJmIUCTa1qGrgg0rDXV1iN9IZ39i2l2dQ2dh/5zf9LJD5kAgbwoJlw+KENT6xEGW2 u9GVigeWWQHiLftpTjidws1o8vxuDbh6kjm0fzY4ufO73fvVerqNxXHAL4PQOvS2fMe2 wYdpOVxtef+sxLrOmTpnQGzbkF4pG9nNQCyfjixQ4khBC9FL04Ax8JhoViyUvcEzi+o/ Xj2Q4PKf0rHj4OSCybs9fnuabDsEvXfA+3imhrcGq6uqif/h2Sogia8ZLW4UyGxjZGAm RtMJgVlulvuCNV5IKnv3LX8TtfuYC4VbxrUXQ8Et7I/oaPVIUhJHV9ycRgz/7Ms3kYin GLxw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533QXGq4eRlIUCNsL9G1uS2O5M60wmDA0IcPmwH6p99EpRHGOezf Cha4npuhaelpEoG60KiHPC5ZPGRLktXwuAOYgE6esw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx4wCP7BN7HePihErcDsM4RwRik1vmqfKaldBE6QPlBF4R6XEwsvIwcnA4EdGwpestIFRqkJyYF21KwRJASvDc= X-Received: by 2002:a25:40c4:0:b0:645:88a3:eb8b with SMTP id n187-20020a2540c4000000b0064588a3eb8bmr20068655yba.193.1651739239508; Thu, 05 May 2022 01:27:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220505074841.406185-1-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20220505074841.406185-1-thuth@redhat.com> From: Peter Maydell Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 09:27:08 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/about: Update the support statement for Windows To: Thomas Huth Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, =?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_P_=2E_Berrang=C3=A9?= , Yonggang Luo , Stefan Weil Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2d; envelope-from=peter.maydell@linaro.org; helo=mail-yb1-xb2d.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Ccing Stefan Weil, since we're talking about clarifying what our supported Windows host set is... On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 08:54, Thomas Huth wrote: > > Our support statement for Windows currently talks about "Vista / Server > 2008" - which is related to the API of Windows, and this is not easy > to understand for the non-technical users. It might also not be quite > true anymore, since we only compile-test QEMU with recent toolchains. > > Thus I'm suggesting to change the support statement here to something > similar that we use on Linux: Only support the very latest major release, > with support for the previous major release being dropped after two years > of overlap. > > And since we're nowadays also compile-testing QEMU with MSYS2 on Windows > itself, I think we could also mention this build environment here. > > Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/880 > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth > --- > docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 9 +++++---- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > index e9163ba556..a0ebc1acb4 100644 > --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > @@ -86,11 +86,12 @@ similar versions. > Windows > ------- > > -The project supports building with current versions of the MinGW toolchain, > -hosted on Linux (Debian/Fedora). > +The project aims to support the most recent major version of Windows. Support > +for the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major > +version is released. > > -The version of the Windows API that's currently targeted is Vista / Server > -2008. > +The project supports building QEMU with current versions of the MinGW > +toolchain, either hosted on Linux (Debian/Fedora) or via MSYS2 on Windows. > > .. _Homebrew: https://brew.sh/ > .. _MacPorts: https://www.macports.org/ > -- > 2.27.0 -- PMM