Feature #20563: Drop support for old Windows

• Status: Assigned
• Assignee: usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)
• Target version: -

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

This is the table of APIs that we are calling dynamically, and the available Windows versions.

DLL	API	Client	Server
kernel32	CreateSymbolicLinkW	Vista	2008
kernel32	GetFileInformationByHandleEx	Vista	2008
kernel32	GetFinalPathNameByHandleW	Vista	2008
kernel32	SetFileInformationByHandle	Vista	2008
shell32	SHGetPathFromIDListEx	Vista	2008
ws2_32	inet_ntop	Vista	2008
ws2_32	inet_pton	Vista	2008
kernel32	GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime	8	2012
kernel32	SetThreadDescription	10	2016

However, already random.c directly uses BCryptGenRandom that is available since Windows Vista/Server 2008.

So I propose explicitly dropping support for Windows older than Vista/2008.

[jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans)]

• Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
• Backport deleted (3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN)