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win: allow skipping the supported platform check #33176
win: allow skipping the supported platform check #33176
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I'm not a fan of doing this via environment variable given that it would likely impact more than just a single process. I'd much rather the command line argument approach. |
@jasnell how would the command line argument be passed to child processes and Node started from scripts? Or do you think users should find workarounds in these cases? |
@joaocgreis ... I won't block this because the cases you mention are definitely difficult, but I'd certainly prefer users find workarounds. |
The de facto answer to that lately seems to be to use |
I'll post this in both places so it is seen by everyone, but if this is what ends up being favored I will gladly let this to be accepted over the resolution I have regarding just putting warnings in place. Both solve the issue at hand, but given the nature of this; it needs to be met under an agreement or a vote in the end because it may set future policies for deprecation with Windows. The command-line flag alone is not really viable due to the fact that child processes will not execute correctly, so either a mutable warning or environment variables are about the only options I can see resolving this with minimal breakage of features. |
The other thought I had is that for a given environment/machine you either want Node.js to run on windows 7 or not. @jasnell I understand the general concern but in this case what is the down side for it applying to multiple processes? |
Now that the TSC has expressed that they'd be happy with this PR (nodejs/TSC#866), any chance this could be merged soon? |
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@jasnell thanks, updated. |
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LGTM
These were tagged TSC agenda, but it looks like consensus was found, and there isn't anything to discuss? |
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!(IsWindowsServer() && IsWindows8OrGreater()) && | ||
(GetEnvironmentVariableA(SKIP_CHECK_VAR, buf, sizeof(buf)) != | ||
SKIP_CHECK_SIZE || | ||
strncmp(buf, SKIP_CHECK_VALUE, SKIP_CHECK_SIZE + 1) != 0)) { | ||
fprintf(stderr, "This application is only supported on Windows 8.1, " |
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fprintf(stderr, "This application is only supported on Windows 8.1, " | |
fprintf(stderr, "Node.js is only supported on Windows 8.1, " |
Otherwise it brings a confusion to the user: which application? the one that runs on Node.js, Is it coming from a third party module, etc.
(I know this word not touched by this PR, but given that we are changing the behavior here, it makes sense to reduce confusion)
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LGTM % comments
Updated. @jasnell can you take a look at node.1? |
The last changes here have not been reviewed, it would be good to have a review before landing (or confirmation from one of the reviewers above). Thanks! |
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Still LGTM
Landed in 2c0a4fa |
Fixes: nodejs#33034 PR-URL: nodejs#33176 Reviewed-By: Bartosz Sosnowski <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anatoli Papirovski <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
This is unfortunate. Windows 7 is still used by 20% of computers. This choice will disproportionately impact lower income and those in developing countries, and may cause major security problems for those that cannot update dependencies due to them requiring a version of Node that won't run on that their machine. Based on usage statistics 7 is in decline (33% down to 20% in the last 12 months), but the lower its numbers get, the slower the decline will become. Windows XP usage is about equivalent with ChromeOS usage even today (though likely only from business devices not used by individuals but by groups, like ATMs, kiosks, medical equipment, etc.). But 7 is still in use by actual people. Hopefully the reduced effort of supporting it means greater advancement in Node to offset these negative effects. |
Fixes: #33034 PR-URL: #33176 Reviewed-By: Bartosz Sosnowski <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anatoli Papirovski <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
Notable changes: build: * (SEMVER-MINOR) reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) #33376 cli: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add alias for report-directory to make it consistent (AshCripps) #33587 crypto: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow KeyObjects in postMessage (Tobias Nießen) #33360 deps: * (SEMVER-MINOR) V8: cherry-pick 0d6debcc5f08 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 * (SEMVER-MINOR) update V8 to 8.3.110.9 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 dgram: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow typed arrays in .send() (Sarat Addepalli) #22413 events: * (SEMVER-MINOR) initial implementation of experimental EventTarget (James M Snell) #33556 fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) implement lutimes (Maël Nison) #33399 http: * (SEMVER-MINOR) expose host and protocol on ClientRequest (wenningplus) #33803 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add maxTotalSockets to agent class (rickyes) #33617 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from OutgoingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from ClientRequest#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from IncomingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) added scheduling option to http agent (delvedor) #33278 http2: * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this for Http2ServerRequest#setTimeout (Pranshu Srivastava) #33994 * (SEMVER-MINOR) do not modify explicity set date headers (Pranshu Srivastava) #33160 process: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add unhandled-rejection throw and warn-with-error-code (Dan Fabulich) #33475 src: * (SEMVER-MINOR) store key data in separate class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add NativeKeyObject base class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) rename internal key handles to KeyObjectHandle (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add equality operators for BaseObjectPtr (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) introduce BaseObject base FunctionTemplate (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public APIs to manage v8::TracingController (Anna Henningsen) #33850 win: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow skipping the supported platform check (João Reis) #33176 worker: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public method for marking objects as untransferable (Anna Henningsen) #33979 * (SEMVER-MINOR) emit `'messagerror'` events for failed deserialization (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow passing JS wrapper objects via postMessage (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow transferring/cloning generic BaseObjects (Anna Henningsen) #33772 worker,fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) make FileHandle transferable (Anna Henningsen) #33772 zlib: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `maxOutputLength` option (unknown) #33516 PR-URL: #34093
Notable changes: build: * (SEMVER-MINOR) reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) #33376 cli: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add alias for report-directory to make it consistent (AshCripps) #33587 crypto: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow KeyObjects in postMessage (Tobias Nießen) #33360 deps: * (SEMVER-MINOR) V8: cherry-pick 0d6debcc5f08 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 * (SEMVER-MINOR) update V8 to 8.3.110.9 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 dgram: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow typed arrays in .send() (Sarat Addepalli) #22413 events: * (SEMVER-MINOR) initial implementation of experimental EventTarget (James M Snell) #33556 fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) implement lutimes (Maël Nison) #33399 http: * (SEMVER-MINOR) expose host and protocol on ClientRequest (wenningplus) #33803 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add maxTotalSockets to agent class (rickyes) #33617 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from OutgoingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from ClientRequest#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from IncomingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) added scheduling option to http agent (delvedor) #33278 http2: * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this for Http2ServerRequest#setTimeout (Pranshu Srivastava) #33994 * (SEMVER-MINOR) do not modify explicity set date headers (Pranshu Srivastava) #33160 process: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add unhandled-rejection throw and warn-with-error-code (Dan Fabulich) #33475 src: * (SEMVER-MINOR) store key data in separate class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add NativeKeyObject base class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) rename internal key handles to KeyObjectHandle (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add equality operators for BaseObjectPtr (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) introduce BaseObject base FunctionTemplate (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public APIs to manage v8::TracingController (Anna Henningsen) #33850 win: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow skipping the supported platform check (João Reis) #33176 worker: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public method for marking objects as untransferable (Anna Henningsen) #33979 * (SEMVER-MINOR) emit `'messagerror'` events for failed deserialization (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow passing JS wrapper objects via postMessage (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow transferring/cloning generic BaseObjects (Anna Henningsen) #33772 worker,fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) make FileHandle transferable (Anna Henningsen) #33772 zlib: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `maxOutputLength` option (unknown) #33516 PR-URL: #34093
Notable changes: build: * (SEMVER-MINOR) reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) #33376 cli: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add alias for report-directory to make it consistent (AshCripps) #33587 crypto: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow KeyObjects in postMessage (Tobias Nießen) #33360 deps: * (SEMVER-MINOR) V8: cherry-pick 0d6debcc5f08 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 * (SEMVER-MINOR) update V8 to 8.3.110.9 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 dgram: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow typed arrays in .send() (Sarat Addepalli) #22413 events: * (SEMVER-MINOR) initial implementation of experimental EventTarget (James M Snell) #33556 fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) implement lutimes (Maël Nison) #33399 http: * (SEMVER-MINOR) expose host and protocol on ClientRequest (wenningplus) #33803 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add maxTotalSockets to agent class (rickyes) #33617 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from OutgoingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from ClientRequest#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from IncomingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) added scheduling option to http agent (delvedor) #33278 http2: * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this for Http2ServerRequest#setTimeout (Pranshu Srivastava) #33994 * (SEMVER-MINOR) do not modify explicity set date headers (Pranshu Srivastava) #33160 process: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add unhandled-rejection throw and warn-with-error-code (Dan Fabulich) #33475 src: * (SEMVER-MINOR) store key data in separate class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add NativeKeyObject base class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) rename internal key handles to KeyObjectHandle (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add equality operators for BaseObjectPtr (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) introduce BaseObject base FunctionTemplate (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public APIs to manage v8::TracingController (Anna Henningsen) #33850 stream*: * runtime deprecate Transform._transformState (Robert Nagy) #32763 win: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow skipping the supported platform check (João Reis) #33176 worker: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public method for marking objects as untransferable (Anna Henningsen) #33979 * (SEMVER-MINOR) emit `'messagerror'` events for failed deserialization (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow passing JS wrapper objects via postMessage (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow transferring/cloning generic BaseObjects (Anna Henningsen) #33772 worker,fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) make FileHandle transferable (Anna Henningsen) #33772 zlib: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `maxOutputLength` option (unknown) #33516 PR-URL: #34093
Fixes: #33034 PR-URL: #33176 Reviewed-By: Bartosz Sosnowski <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anatoli Papirovski <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
Notable changes: build: * (SEMVER-MINOR) reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) #33376 cli: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add alias for report-directory to make it consistent (AshCripps) #33587 crypto: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow KeyObjects in postMessage (Tobias Nießen) #33360 deps: * (SEMVER-MINOR) V8: cherry-pick 0d6debcc5f08 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 * (SEMVER-MINOR) update V8 to 8.3.110.9 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 dgram: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow typed arrays in .send() (Sarat Addepalli) #22413 events: * (SEMVER-MINOR) initial implementation of experimental EventTarget (James M Snell) #33556 fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) implement lutimes (Maël Nison) #33399 http: * (SEMVER-MINOR) expose host and protocol on ClientRequest (wenningplus) #33803 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add maxTotalSockets to agent class (rickyes) #33617 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from OutgoingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from ClientRequest#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from IncomingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) added scheduling option to http agent (delvedor) #33278 http2: * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this for Http2ServerRequest#setTimeout (Pranshu Srivastava) #33994 * (SEMVER-MINOR) do not modify explicity set date headers (Pranshu Srivastava) #33160 process: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add unhandled-rejection throw and warn-with-error-code (Dan Fabulich) #33475 src: * (SEMVER-MINOR) store key data in separate class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add NativeKeyObject base class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) rename internal key handles to KeyObjectHandle (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add equality operators for BaseObjectPtr (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) introduce BaseObject base FunctionTemplate (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public APIs to manage v8::TracingController (Anna Henningsen) #33850 stream*: * runtime deprecate Transform._transformState (Robert Nagy) #32763 win: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow skipping the supported platform check (João Reis) #33176 worker: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public method for marking objects as untransferable (Anna Henningsen) #33979 * (SEMVER-MINOR) emit `'messagerror'` events for failed deserialization (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow passing JS wrapper objects via postMessage (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow transferring/cloning generic BaseObjects (Anna Henningsen) #33772 worker,fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) make FileHandle transferable (Anna Henningsen) #33772 zlib: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `maxOutputLength` option (unknown) #33516 PR-URL: #34093
Notable changes: build: * (SEMVER-MINOR) reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) #33376 cli: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add alias for report-directory to make it consistent (AshCripps) #33587 crypto: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow KeyObjects in postMessage (Tobias Nießen) #33360 deps: * (SEMVER-MINOR) V8: cherry-pick 0d6debcc5f08 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 * (SEMVER-MINOR) update V8 to 8.3.110.9 (Michaël Zasso) #33376 dgram: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow typed arrays in .send() (Sarat Addepalli) #22413 events: * (SEMVER-MINOR) initial implementation of experimental EventTarget (James M Snell) #33556 fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) implement lutimes (Maël Nison) #33399 http: * (SEMVER-MINOR) expose host and protocol on ClientRequest (wenningplus) #33803 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add maxTotalSockets to agent class (rickyes) #33617 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from OutgoingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from ClientRequest#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this from IncomingMessage#destroy() (Colin Ihrig) #32789 * (SEMVER-MINOR) added scheduling option to http agent (delvedor) #33278 http2: * (SEMVER-MINOR) return this for Http2ServerRequest#setTimeout (Pranshu Srivastava) #33994 * (SEMVER-MINOR) do not modify explicity set date headers (Pranshu Srivastava) #33160 process: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add unhandled-rejection throw and warn-with-error-code (Dan Fabulich) #33475 src: * (SEMVER-MINOR) store key data in separate class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add NativeKeyObject base class (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) rename internal key handles to KeyObjectHandle (Tobias Nießen) #33360 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add equality operators for BaseObjectPtr (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) introduce BaseObject base FunctionTemplate (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public APIs to manage v8::TracingController (Anna Henningsen) #33850 stream*: * runtime deprecate Transform._transformState (Robert Nagy) #32763 win: * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow skipping the supported platform check (João Reis) #33176 worker: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add public method for marking objects as untransferable (Anna Henningsen) #33979 * (SEMVER-MINOR) emit `'messagerror'` events for failed deserialization (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow passing JS wrapper objects via postMessage (Anna Henningsen) #33772 * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow transferring/cloning generic BaseObjects (Anna Henningsen) #33772 worker,fs: * (SEMVER-MINOR) make FileHandle transferable (Anna Henningsen) #33772 zlib: * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `maxOutputLength` option (unknown) #33516 PR-URL: #34093
This is an alternative to #33108, which allows skipping the supported platform check by setting an environment variable. This works when Node is executed as a subprocess, such as when running npm/node-gyp, unless the variable is explicitly filtered out.
The MSI is still blocked on Windows 7, the exe or packaged version should be used to run on that system.
I don't think we should land this on LTS branches right away, but no strong opinion. LTS versions might run without issues until their EOL, so I'm inclined to not land this there for now.
cc @nodejs/platform-windows
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make -j4 test
(UNIX), orvcbuild test
(Windows) passes