GNU bug report logs - #1849
Windows 7 Taskbar Support

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Message #71 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 1849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, michael <at> kleehammer.com
Subject: Re: bug#1849: Windows 7 Taskbar Support
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 10:38:37 -0700

tags 1849 wontfix
close 1849
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
>> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:20:43 -0700
>> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 1849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael <at> kleehammer.com
>>
>> >> > Unfortunately both of these require directly using the IPropertyStore
>> >> > interface, which is only available on Windows versions since Vista, and
>> >> > is missing from current mingw32 headers, so a significant amount of
>> >> > reverse engineering system headers will be involved.
>> >>
>> >> This was four years ago.  Has this been fixed in the meantime?
>> >
>> > No, and it probably never will be.
>>
>> That was five years ago.  Presumably, if it will never be fixed, life
>> will move on and Windows 7 will be left on the dustbin of history.
                                           ^^ in
>>
>> Should we just go ahead and close this as wontfix?  Lars?
>
> I'm not Lars, but I think that we should close it, indeed.

OK, thanks.  Closing.

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