[virt-tools-list] [PATCH] mingw-spec: Update msitools dependency

[Fabiano Fidencio]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christophe Fergeau" <cfergeau at redhat.com>
> To: "Fabiano Fidêncio" <fabiano at fidencio.org>
> Cc: "Fabiano Fidêncio" <fidencio at redhat.com>, "virt" <virt-tools-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:02:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] [PATCH] mingw-spec: Update msitools dependency
> 
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 02:10:37AM +0200, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
> > 
> > Okay, this error only happens when using Windows XP machines due to a
> > GLib "regression"[0], see the bug here:
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730352.
> > 
> > [0]:
> > Seems like GLib is going to drop support to Windows XP (and GTK already
> > did)
> > 
> > 20:56 <  fidencio> ebassi: about your comment on 730352 ... does it
> > mean "we don't care about regressions on XP?"
> >                    or just "we are not trying to improve anything on XP"?
> > 20:57 <    ebassi> fidencio: Neither :-)
> > 20:57 <    ebassi> fidencio: I said that the regression should be
> > investigated
> > 20:57 <    ebassi> fidencio: And possibly fixed — but we're going to
> > drop Windows XP everywhere (GTK already
> >                    did), so it may not help you much in the longer term.
> > 20:58 <    ebassi> i.e. even if Fan or LRN manage to fix it, it just
> > delays the inevitable
> > 21:00 <    ebassi> fidencio: You may want to stay with an older
> > version of GLib, at least for Windows XP builds.
> > 
> > And here are the links to the discussion threads on gtk-devel-list:
> > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2014-December/msg00055.html
> > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2015-April/msg00000.html
> 
> Which brings the question as to what to do for mingw-virt-viewer. A
> couple of options come to mind:
> - drop support for Windows XP and be very explicit about it (ideally we
>   could have Windows version checks in the installer?)
> - keep support for Windows XP, if we want to keep doing the build using
>   fedora infrastructures, this would require having
>   mingw-gtk-compat/mingw-glib-compat packages corresponding to the last
>   gtk/glib versions with working Windows XP support (I don't know if
>   such packages would be accepted in fedora repos)
> 
> I have a preference for option #1, but both are fine with me.

I also would go for #1.
I don't think we are faraway from a release and this can be the last one still supporting Windows XP.

> 
> Christophe
>