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

[Travis Howell]

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 <kirben at optusnet.com.au
> <mailto: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
>     <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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