[Scummvm-devel] The new Buildbot: what’s happening, what needs to happen

[Lothar Serra Mari]

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 <kirben at optusnet.com.au>:

> 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 ).
>
> 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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