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Danny Smith wrote: > > --- Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> wrote: > "Gary R. Van Sickle" wrote:> > > > > What do MinGW users think? How does this affect WINE and ReactOS? > > > > The discussion here is that WINVER is defaulted to 0x0400 and all newer > > API is guarded with the appropriate version of Win32 OS in which they > > appeared in the w32api, yet with MS they change the value of WINVER to > > the new OS value with the new releases of their compilers. The > > beginning of the thread exists in the cygwin-developers list. > > > > My opinion is stated it the first paragraph above. > > > > Earnie. > > > > The MS default (set to latest and greatest) seems to encourage the development > of apps that require the latest and greatest version of the OS. After all, > that is their business. > > Setting the default to a minimal value of 0x0400 represents the opposite > stance. > > Personally, I prefer the current settings of the w32api. > Nicely phrased, Danny, I appreciate and support these comments. Earnie.
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