for developing the *SERVER *(in the wide sense), XP is fine. But the * INSTALLER* will have to take UAC and PCA into account. That requires testing on Vista, 2008 or Win7. On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 08:55, Bo Thorsen <bo@askmonty.org> wrote:

Torsdag 15 oktober 2009 21:28:33 Peter Laursen wrote:

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2) What here has been decribed as related to 'Vista' should be 'Vista and higher'. It also applies to Win2008, Win7 and Win2008r2. Do not forget those. Win7 will be the dominant Windows variant in a few months I believe (and it deserves it as it is much better than both XP and Vista). Nobody should develop for Windows on 2K/XP/2003 these days. Get a copy of Win7 64 bit and use it.

For MariaDB it doesn't matter which of these you develop on. It doesn't (and shouldn't) use any new features later than at least XP. I'd guess someone could also compile it on 2K, but I agree that it's irrelevant to do that.

However, I disagree that XP isn't an important development target. I still believe it's the most important Windows. This is the single most installed OS on the planet. Supporting Windows surely also means supporting XP. MS claimed that all XP (and 2K/95/NT) users would all switch over to Vista. Let's see if they are right this time.

Sorry if I misunderstood you here.

Kind regards,

Bo Thorsen, Monty Program AB.