From: Erik Faye-Lund Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:07:34 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] MINGW: git-compat-util.h: use inttypes.h for printf macros. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20140428150057.GA19002@seldon> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Marat Radchenko wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 04:53:52PM +0200, Erik Faye-Lund wrote: >> Just checking that I understand: Does this mean that we now require an >> MSVC-version that has stdint.h? If so, I'm not against such a case. >> IMO, the biggest benefit of using MSVC is not building on legacy >> systems, but being able to use it's debugger. And for that purpose >> it's probably OK to increase the required version. > > Ouch, that was not intentional. What minimal MSVC version is currently > supported and who decides if it is OK to increase required one? I don't know what the oldest one anyone have ever used, but I don't think that matters. IMO, just noting it in the commit-message is good enough. Others might feel differently, though. stdint.h is available in VS10 and onwards. contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcproj.pm generates project files for VS9.