[Privoxy-devel] Windows XP support?

[Ian Silvester]

On Sat, 8 Jan 2022, at 03:38, Fabian Keil wrote:
> "Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2022-01-05 at 09:20:42:
>
>> On Wed, 5 Jan 2022, at 09:11, Lee wrote:
>> > On 1/5/22, Ian Silvester <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>> >> Do either of you know when we introduced the use of
>> >> GetTickCount64()?
>> >
>> > no idea - it doesn't show up in the source code:
>> >
>> > Lee at i3668 /git/privoxy/privoxy
>> > $ grep -rni GetTickCount64 *
>> > grep: privoxy.exe: binary file matches
>> 
>> Okay - with your approval I will make the assumption that the user
>> reporting the issue previously ran 3.0.32 without issue and that
>> therefore 3.0.32 is the last version that supported XP.
>
> I think we should differentiate between what operating systems
> are supported by a given binary package and what operating systems
> a Privoxy version is expected to run on when compiled properly.
>
> IMHO we as a project still support Windows XP in
> the sense that we answer support requests.
>
> I'd also expect Privoxy 3.0.33 to work on Windows XP when
> the user compiles it herself using a tool chain that still
> works on Windows XP. We just don't provide binaries for
> Windows XP at this time due to lack of resources or interest.
>
> Fabian

Good point, and I agree. I will make sure the documentation updates include this distinction.

Ian

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