Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:22:19 +0100
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Subject: Re: MS Windows 8.1 EoL today
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On Jan 10 14:42, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> As MS Windows 8.1 has gone EoL today:
> 
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-81?source=recommendations
> 
> with Chrome, Edge, and other product support also ending this month, is
> Cygwin 3.4.3 also the last release to support that and equivalent server
> releases, and should that be clarified on the web pages and announcements.

There are no plans to drop 8.1 support any time soon, and all 3.4.x
versions will continue to run on Windows 7 and later, as already
outlined in basically all cygwin package announcements since Cygwin
3.3.0:

https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2021-October/010268.html
[...]
https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2022-December/010831.html

Only the 3.4.3 release announcement is missing this info accidentally.


Corinna

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