> [Win32] Drop DirectX 8 support and add DirectX 10 (and possibly even DirectX > 11.0/11.1) - Granted, this will require a switch from DirectInput to XInput (for > gamepads and joysticks) and the Windows message loop (for keyboards), but it removes > one last vestigal reason to support Windows 9X/ME/2000, and it will allow Direct2D > support
I believe that Windows 9x support was dropped a long time ago. Switching to DirectX 10 will kill support for Windows XP, which would piss off a LOT of people, so I don't think that will happen any time soon.