Hi Mathias,
On 22.09.2011 22:35, Mathias Bauer wrote:
Am 21.09.2011 12:07, schrieb Martin Hollmichel:
Hi,
Am 20.09.2011 12:26, schrieb Oliver-Rainer Wittmann:
Hi,
[...]
I will start working on a consolidation of the Windows Build software
requirements as given on
http://ooo-wiki.apache.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Windows:
- get rid of dependence on unicows.dll
This will have some impact wrt system requirements ? Which Windows
version will be affected by this change ?
-- take over issue 88652
(https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=88652) from Mathias and
perform the given tasks.
- get rid of dependence on instmsiw.exe and instmsia.exe
also this will iirc have some dependencies wrt system requirements, what
do you consider as minimum Windows baseline ? I would be fine with a XP
System SP2,
Why not SP3?
Really, SP2 is a totally outdated system.
I am not recognizing in my mind which service packs are available for
which Windows version.
I am only repeating Martin here thinking that SP2 was the latest SP for
Win XP. Thus, no reason special reason for Win XP SP2.
My opinion is that we should always rely on the most updated version of
an operating system which we want to support.
Thus, for Windows XP it should be Win XP SP3, if this is the most
updated version.
Besides that, we don't need unicows.dll on any Windows XP installation,
WinXP is UniCode enabled. unicows.dll ist just for Win9x.
That is what I understand from the comments which you have been made in
issue 88652.
Maybe you mixed unicows.dll with the notorious uwinapi.dll that at least
has some value on WinXP, though it's unclear how much.
Hm...
Why do you think I am mixing unicows.dll with uwinapi.dll?
I am only planning to perform the stuff which is mentioned in issue
88652 regarding unicows.dll.
Best regards, Oliver.
