Windows: Retire MSVC 2017 support

The lower bar for building blender
is now MSVC 2019 16.9.16.

9 files changed, 10 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
index 0439e2fa5c2..9f565e44d8f 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     message(WARNING "stripped pdb not supported with clang, disabling..")
     set(WITH_WINDOWS_STRIPPED_PDB OFF)
   endif()
+else()
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 19.28.29921) # MSVC 2019 16.9.16
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler is unsupported, MSVC 2019 16.9.16 or newer is required for building blender.")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
@@ -265,12 +269,6 @@ if(NOT DEFINED LIBDIR)
   elseif(MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1919)
     message(STATUS "Visual Studio 2019 detected.")
     set(LIBDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../lib/${LIBDIR_BASE}_vc15)
-  elseif(MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1909)
-    message(STATUS "Visual Studio 2017 detected.")
-    set(LIBDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../lib/${LIBDIR_BASE}_vc15)
-  elseif(MSVC_VERSION EQUAL 1900)
-    message(STATUS "Visual Studio 2015 detected.")
-    set(LIBDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../lib/${LIBDIR_BASE}_vc15)
   endif()
 else()
   message(STATUS "Using pre-compiled LIBDIR: ${LIBDIR}")
diff --git a/build_files/windows/autodetect_msvc.cmd b/build_files/windows/autodetect_msvc.cmd
index a4ab8929040..fd0c19764e9 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/autodetect_msvc.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/autodetect_msvc.cmd
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ echo No explicit msvc version requested, autodetecting version.
 call "%~dp0\detect_msvc2019.cmd"
 if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto DetectionComplete
 
-call "%~dp0\detect_msvc2017.cmd"
-if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto DetectionComplete
-
 call "%~dp0\detect_msvc2022.cmd"
 if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto DetectionComplete
 
diff --git a/build_files/windows/check_libraries.cmd b/build_files/windows/check_libraries.cmd
index c495ee6eee9..e8c04fb3258 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/check_libraries.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/check_libraries.cmd
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-if "%BUILD_VS_YEAR%"=="2017" set BUILD_VS_LIBDIRPOST=vc15
 if "%BUILD_VS_YEAR%"=="2019" set BUILD_VS_LIBDIRPOST=vc15
 if "%BUILD_VS_YEAR%"=="2022" set BUILD_VS_LIBDIRPOST=vc15
 
diff --git a/build_files/windows/configure_msbuild.cmd b/build_files/windows/configure_msbuild.cmd
index a9267e8cfbb..9fbdef25641 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/configure_msbuild.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/configure_msbuild.cmd
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ if "%WITH_PYDEBUG%"=="1" (
 	set PYDEBUG_CMAKE_ARGS=-DWINDOWS_PYTHON_DEBUG=On
 )
 
-if "%BUILD_VS_YEAR%"=="2017" (
-	set BUILD_GENERATOR_POST=%WINDOWS_ARCH%
-) else (
-	set BUILD_PLATFORM_SELECT=-A %MSBUILD_PLATFORM%
-)
-
 set BUILD_CMAKE_ARGS=%BUILD_CMAKE_ARGS% -G "Visual Studio %BUILD_VS_VER% %BUILD_VS_YEAR%%BUILD_GENERATOR_POST%" %BUILD_PLATFORM_SELECT% %TESTS_CMAKE_ARGS% %CLANG_CMAKE_ARGS% %ASAN_CMAKE_ARGS% %PYDEBUG_CMAKE_ARGS%
 
 if NOT EXIST %BUILD_DIR%\nul (
diff --git a/build_files/windows/configure_ninja.cmd b/build_files/windows/configure_ninja.cmd
index 90085feb2bd..684673b7611 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/configure_ninja.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/configure_ninja.cmd
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@ set LLVM_DIR=
 :DetectionComplete	
 	set CC=%LLVM_DIR%\bin\clang-cl
 	set CXX=%LLVM_DIR%\bin\clang-cl
-	if "%BUILD_VS_YEAR%" == "2019" (
-		rem build and tested against 2019 16.2
-		set CFLAGS=-m64 -fmsc-version=1922
-		set CXXFLAGS=-m64 -fmsc-version=1922
-	) else (
-		rem build and tested against 2017 15.7
-		set CFLAGS=-m64 -fmsc-version=1914
-		set CXXFLAGS=-m64 -fmsc-version=1914
-	)
+	rem build and tested against 2019 16.2
+	set CFLAGS=-m64 -fmsc-version=1922
+	set CXXFLAGS=-m64 -fmsc-version=1922
 )
 
 if "%WITH_ASAN%"=="1" (
diff --git a/build_files/windows/detect_msvc2017.cmd b/build_files/windows/detect_msvc2017.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f760275f78..00000000000
--- a/build_files/windows/detect_msvc2017.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-set BUILD_VS_VER=15
-set BUILD_VS_YEAR=2017
-call "%~dp0\detect_msvc_vswhere.cmd"
diff --git a/build_files/windows/parse_arguments.cmd b/build_files/windows/parse_arguments.cmd
index dcef46c2c9a..eaf4a85f7ac 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/parse_arguments.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/parse_arguments.cmd
@@ -50,14 +50,6 @@ if NOT "%1" == "" (
 		goto ERR
 	) else if "%1" == "x64" (
 		set BUILD_ARCH=x64
-	) else if "%1" == "2017" (
-		set BUILD_VS_YEAR=2017
-	) else if "%1" == "2017pre" (
-		set BUILD_VS_YEAR=2017
-		set VSWHERE_ARGS=-prerelease
-	) else if "%1" == "2017b" (
-		set BUILD_VS_YEAR=2017
-		set VSWHERE_ARGS=-products Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.BuildTools
 	) else if "%1" == "2019" (
 		set BUILD_VS_YEAR=2019
 	) else if "%1" == "2019pre" (
diff --git a/build_files/windows/show_help.cmd b/build_files/windows/show_help.cmd
index d914ecab2b8..00d5bd7a9a8 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/show_help.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/show_help.cmd
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ echo - nobuildinfo ^(disable buildinfo^)
 echo - debug ^(Build an unoptimized debuggable build^)
 echo - packagename [newname] ^(override default cpack package name^)
 echo - builddir [newdir] ^(override default build folder^)
-echo - 2017 ^(build with visual studio 2017^)
-echo - 2017pre ^(build with visual studio 2017 pre-release^)
-echo - 2017b ^(build with visual studio 2017 Build Tools^)
 echo - 2019 ^(build with visual studio 2019^)
 echo - 2019pre ^(build with visual studio 2019 pre-release^)
 echo - 2019b ^(build with visual studio 2019 Build Tools^)
+echo - 2022 ^(build with visual studio 2022^)
+echo - 2022pre ^(build with visual studio 2022 pre-release^)
+echo - 2022b ^(build with visual studio 2022 Build Tools^)
 
 echo.
 echo Documentation Targets ^(Not associated with building^)
diff --git a/build_files/windows/svn_fix.cmd b/build_files/windows/svn_fix.cmd
index a9dcdf36847..9ab48de10f1 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/svn_fix.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/svn_fix.cmd
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-if "%BUILD_VS_YEAR%"=="2017" set BUILD_VS_LIBDIRPOST=vc15
 if "%BUILD_VS_YEAR%"=="2019" set BUILD_VS_LIBDIRPOST=vc15
 if "%BUILD_VS_YEAR%"=="2022" set BUILD_VS_LIBDIRPOST=vc15