[ros-dev] Getting a Windows Server 2003 license for the project?

[Ged Murphy]

Colin Finck wrote:

> Change NT5 to NT5.2 and the list should become quite short.
> 
> As long as no one proposes a major change, we are still heading for 
> NT5.2 compatibility (at least kernel-wise). And then we have to verify 
> that all our API implementations are not just compatible to some NT5 
> version but 100% compatible to NT5.2.

I think it's more important to test against XP from an API level as that's
what most
software is installed on
 
> Encountering an NT5.2-incompatible API can be as easy as testing 
> screensavers (see r28953/r28955). Tell me how to avoid such mistakes in 
> the future if we don't consequently test against NT5.2.

Whilst parts of our kernel try to target 5.2 changes, from a testing
perspective it should be
pretty much identical to 5.1.

IMO, unless you're a kernel dev interested in implementing some of the more
elegant kernel
features in 5.2, then anyone with a 5.1 box is more than adequately setup
and I can't think of
any worthwhile advantage in having a 5.2 install.

Ged.