js/mingw-wants-vista-or-above, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2018, #01; Wed, 10)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 10, 2018, 13:04 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1810101502220.2034@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8t36mk4t.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,

On Wed, 10 Oct 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> * js/mingw-wants-vista-or-above (2018-10-04) 3 commits
>  - mingw: bump the minimum Windows version to Vista
>  - mingw: set _WIN32_WINNT explicitly for Git for Windows
>  - compat/poll: prepare for targeting Windows Vista
> 
>  The minimum version of Windows supported by Windows port fo Git is
>  now set to Vista.
> 
>  Will merge to 'next'.

Could I ask you to fast-track this to `master`? The code in `master` unfortunately no longer compiles in a current Git for Windows SDK, meaning that all of our Continuous Testing fails as long as these patches are not merged.

I do not see how this could affect non-Windows builds, so everybody else should be unaffected anyway.

Thanks, Dscho