Old VirtualBox version requirement

[teknowledgist]

The "suggestion" for using VirtualBox 4.x (rather than 5.x) seems really outdated. Although there is a 4.3.40 package that was put out there just a couple weeks ago, the last previous 4.x release was almost 2 years ago with many 5.x releases since then.

I already have several VMs happily running in v5.2. I'd prefer to avoid the need to scrap those, uninstall VirtualBox, and install what seems reasonable to assume is a "less modern" version just so I can occasionally test a package that behaves for me on other VMs but fails automated testing. At the same time, I am stuck with packages that can't be approved because they fail.

While I am (just barely) astute enough to install and use VirtualBox, I am not well versed on it. I really don't know how the changes from 4 to 5 may have impacted things. What are the implications of using the Chocolatey-test-environment with v5, and what are the chances that the test environment can be updated to work with VirtualBox 5.x?

Thanks.

[basictheprogram]

I never saw the, "Virtualbox 4.3.28+ (5.x may have issues, so try to stay in 4.3.x series)" from chocolatey-test-environment :-( I've always used a 5.x Virtualbox on macOS and linux.

I have not run into any problems using Virtualbox 5.x. My fork of the chocolatey-test-environment uses WindowsServer2016 (from Stefan-Schere fork of packer-windows) works great.

Using all of the above I could pack draftsight and install it without any problems.

[mgmax]

Issue can be closed, the current README says "VirtualBox 5.2+".