> Cc: kbr...@cornell.edu, emacs-de...@gnu.org, bug-gnulib@gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> > Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 15:35:03 -0700 > > > 1) The Emacs w32.c ports to Windows98 as well, whereas Gnulib currently > > assumes > > Windows XP at least (and will soon move to Windows 7, I guess - namely when > > no one has a test machine with Windows XP any more). Merit or demerit? > > Opinion? > > In the past Eli has argued for supporting ancient MS-Windows and MS-DOS > versions. I don't know whether he still cares. (By "ancient" I mean that > Microsoft itself no longer supports them.)
We still try to support Windows 9X, but MS-DOS is not relevant to this discussion, as it does use the Gnulib implementation of fdutimens.