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Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support
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From: Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On Oct 26 21:29, Peter A. Castro wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 06:52:02PM -0400, Michel LaBarre wrote:
> 
> Greetings, Michel & Corinna,
> 
> > Corinna , thank you for the heads up regarding subsequent updates wrt Window
> > 7.
> > 
> > Would it be possible to create a short "how-to" for installing the most
> > recently "known-to-work-with-Windows-7" version of Cygwin (presuming that
> > old versions remain accessible indefinitely...).  Alternately, how one can
> > download a repository now that is compatible with Windows 7 and useable for
> > installing Cygwin in anticipation of the upcoming loss of support.
> 
> As these milestones occur I will make notes in the Cygwin Time Machine
> concerning the ending release snapshot and installers, like what I have
> for the last XP release.
> 
> Corinna, I presume you will post when these milestones occur so that we
> have a more exact message in the Cygwin mail archive?

In which way do you mean?  My planning was this:

When I release 3.3.0 (next couple of days), I will add a note to the
announcement that this is the last major release supporting Vista and
Server 2008.

When I release 3.4.0 (in some nebular future of 2022), I will add a
note to the announcement that this version does not support Vista and
2008 anymore, and that 3.4.0 is the last version supporting
W7, 8, 2008R2, 2012.

That ok?  Or do you think of somehting else?

Oh, that reminds me... I should have sent the headsup to cygwin-announce,
not to the cygwin ML.  I will fix this omission immediately...


Thanks,
Corinna

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