Re: The new Buildbot: what’s happ ening, what needs to happen

Thank you so much for confirming ScummVM 2.0.0 still works on Windows 
XP, and clarifying that the original note about Windows XP support in 
mingw-w64 on the ScummVM wiki was an error. Windows XP is still the 
third most used Windows operating system, and I was just about to post a 
Windows XP testing request on the ScummVM forums.

The lack of response by others about a possible critical issue is 
disappointing though, but not surprising. We could have been pushing an 
unusable ScummVM 2.0.0. update to Windows XP users in the worse case.

On 22/12/2017 8:31 AM, Lothar Serra Mari wrote:
> Hi Travis and the rest of the team.
>
> ScummVM 2.0.0 is indeed still compatible with Windows XP - I just
> verified it by myself.
>
> I made a horrible mistake when I added the comment about mingw-w64
> having dropped Windows XP in the Wiki.
>
> Current versions of MSYS2/Mingw-w64 will refuse to *install* on Windows
> XP, that's true. However, executables built with MSYS2/Mingw-w64 *will
> still run on Windows XP* without issues. I don't know if I even properly
> tested this back when I added this comment to the wiki... sorry for all
> the confusion and trouble this might have caused.
>
> Best regards
> Lothar
>
> 2017-12-21 9:18 GMT+01:00 Travis Howell <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>
>     On 21/12/2017 6:58 PM, Colin Snover wrote:
>
>             On a side note, I'm still waiting for a response to my email
>             about
>             whether Windows XP support still works in the Windows build
>             of ScummVM
>             2.0.0, since it was mentioned as been built with mingw-w64.
>             mingw-w64
>             dropped Windows XP support, according to note on the mingw-w64
>             compilation guide on the ScummVM wiki.
>
>
>         In order to keep things on topic, anything not directly related
>         to this
>         Buildbot discussion, such as the existence of other manually created
>         builds or missed responses to other emails, I would encourage you to
>         create a separate thread or follow up directly with anyone else
>         if you
>         feel your needs have not been fully addressed. If you feel that this
>         information is directly applicable to the discussion regarding
>         the new
>         Buildbot and the proposed worker image requirement, I would
>         appreciate
>         it if you could provide more clarification as to how it is so.
>
>
>     Just a quick response on this point, since it could be very
>     important. The new Buildbot was used to build the Windows release of
>     ScummVM 2.0.0, which uses the mingw-w64 compiler suite. I wanted to
>     confirm Windows XP is still supported by the Windows release of
>     ScummVM 2.0.0, as mingw-w64 is stated to have dropped Windows XP
>     support on the ScummVM wiki (
>     http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Compiling_ScummVM/MinGW-w64
>     <http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Compiling_ScummVM/MinGW-w64> ).
>
>     I tried emailing you directly on 11th December 2017, requesting to
>     ensure Windows XP support was still working in the Windows release
>     of ScummVM 2.0.0, as mingw-w64 was stated as been used for the
>     Windows build on IRC.
>
>     I just want to make sure Windows XP support has not been broken, in
>     the Windows release of ScummVM 2.0.0.
>
>
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