That’s what’s currently being worked on.

The kernel still closely follows the NT5.2 architecture, but user mode will have NT6+ compatibility shims to allow modern applications to run correctly.

From: Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On Behalf Of ajaczgz@yahoo.es
Sent: 30 June 2017 05:47
To: ReactOS Development List <ros-dev@reactos.org>
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] "Note: LibreOffice 5.4 will be the last codeline tosupport Windows XP or Vista"

I think it’s no neccesary to implement NT6, only to avoid the compatibility tests to NT6 and implement only the characteristics that the most of the programs uses.

Best regards

Antonio J. Arrieta Cuartero

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De: Riccardo Paolo Bestetti
Enviado: jueves, 29 de junio de 2017 22:11
Para: ReactOS Development List
Asunto: Re: [ros-dev] "Note: LibreOffice 5.4 will be the last codeline tosupport Windows XP or Vista"

Hello Colin,

As this definitely wasn't the predominant thinking the last time this same discussion took place, Hermès' email scared me a bit. Thank you so much for clarifying.

Best regards,

Riccardo Paolo Bestetti

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From: Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Colin Finck

Sent: giovedì 29 giugno 2017 20:00

To: ros-dev@reactos.org

Subject: Re: [ros-dev] "Note: LibreOffice 5.4 will be the last codeline to support Windows XP or Vista"

Rest assured, we know that ReactOS won't be of much use if we stay NT5-only. Work is underway to provide a seamless support of NT6 applications on top of the existing codebase.

Also the majority of developers should be using an NT6 platform themselves, so they certainly aim for support for NT6 applications.

Finally, applications compiled by modern versions of Visual Studio are NT6-only by default, so supporting this platform is unavoidable.

Just my two cents, as the previous replies could lead you to believe we're failing the reality check.

Cheers,

Colin

Am 29.06.2017 um 18:54 schrieb Riccardo Paolo Bestetti:

> I’m just gonna snap in for my yearly IT guy NT6 rant: this mindset is

> going to kill the project by making it useless whenever it reaches a

> usable state.

> Windows XP/Server 2003 use is **already** marginal as of today, and

> it’s only gonna get “worse” as more and more networks get infected by

> ransomware and institutions all over the world wake up and update (and