RE: [INTERNALS-WIN] PHP7: which Windows Kit?

Hi Jan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Ehrhardt [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:10 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [INTERNALS-WIN] PHP7: which Windows Kit?
> 
> Hi Pierre,
> 
> Pierre Joye in php.internals.win (Mon, 3 Aug 2015 07:32:02 +0700):
> >hi,
> >
> >On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:50 AM, Jan Ehrhardt <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> >> Are there plans to switch to Windows Kit 10 (10.0.10240)?
> >
> >Yes, next 7 release should be done using the latest releases.
> 
> Apachelounge seems to stick to Windows Kit 8.1 for building Apache VC14.
> See http://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?p=31269#31269
> 
Windows Kit means targeting the OS specific features. PHP on Windows
currently doesn't target anything except Desktop/Server in the range of
Vista and up. PHP currently doesn't claim to be a universal APP. Like to run
on a smartphone, or as a store app, or ... PHP doesn't develop/require any
kernel mode drivers. All the functionality in PHP is covered by the native
CRT, which is UCRT due to VS2015 requirement for PHP7. UCRT is available
either by default on win10 or as an extra package for lower. In this regard,
it doesn't really matter, which Windos Kit version is used for the builds,
as long as these Kits are compatible with the platform range supported.

Regards

Anatol