6 p.m.
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Marcin B�^Bażejowski wrote:
the latest windows builds generate such warning message on win2000:
"The
procedure entry point getaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic
link library WS2_32.dll".
Is it mean that win2k is no longer support?
Ah, that's right, the updated version of the GLib dll does not
support win2k.
Perhaps we should put out a version of gretl 1.9.4 with support
for old systems (Windows 2000 and non-SSE2 processors), once we've
figured out exactly what has to be done to make that work.
Allin
11:07 p.m.
New subject: Win2000
Am 28.02.2011 19:00, schrieb Allin Cottrell:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Marcin B�^Bażejowski wrote:
> the latest windows builds generate such warning message on win2000: "The
> procedure entry point getaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic
> link library WS2_32.dll".
> Is it mean that win2k is no longer support?
Ah, that's right, the updated version of the GLib dll does not
support win2k.
Perhaps we should put out a version of gretl 1.9.4 with support
for old systems (Windows 2000 and non-SSE2 processors), once we've
figured out exactly what has to be done to make that work.
Some data from MS themselves: "Support for Windows 2000 ended on July
13, 2010. Microsoft is no longer producing public monthly security
updates or service packs."
But there's still some time left for XP: "April 8, 2014"
(http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/products/lifecycle)
cheers,
sven
6:04 a.m.
New subject: Win2000
The problem is that I do not use windows at all except some rare
situations when I have to, so I run then Win2k in VirtualBox. I can of
course install WinXP instead of Win2k, but the later is lighter ;)
Regards,
Marcin
W dniu 01.03.2011 00:07, Sven Schreiber pisze:
Am 28.02.2011 19:00, schrieb Allin Cottrell:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Marcin B�^Bażejowski wrote:
>
>> the latest windows builds generate such warning message on win2000: "The
>> procedure entry point getaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic
>> link library WS2_32.dll".
>> Is it mean that win2k is no longer support?
> Ah, that's right, the updated version of the GLib dll does not
> support win2k.
>
> Perhaps we should put out a version of gretl 1.9.4 with support
> for old systems (Windows 2000 and non-SSE2 processors), once we've
> figured out exactly what has to be done to make that work.
>
Some data from MS themselves: "Support for Windows 2000 ended on July
13, 2010. Microsoft is no longer producing public monthly security
updates or service packs."
But there's still some time left for XP: "April 8, 2014"
(http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/products/lifecycle)
cheers,
sven
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10:13 a.m.
New subject: Win2000
Am 01.03.2011 07:04, schrieb Marcin Błażejowski:
The problem is that I do not use windows at all except some rare
situations when I have to, so I run then Win2k in VirtualBox. I can of
course install WinXP instead of Win2k, but the later is lighter ;)
Marcin,
I'm all for low-end solutions. But eventually old software becomes
obsolete. Gretl stopped working on Win98 long ago (an even lighter OS),
and now maybe the same destiny is happening to Win2k. Anyway, it's the
programmers who decide whether the additional support effort is too big.
BTW, the gretl windows web page should probably be updated:
"should work OK on all NT-based versions of Windows (that is, NT4, 2000,
XP, Vista or Windows 7; but not Win9X or Windows ME)."
-sven
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