From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from re-prd-fep-047.btinternet.com (mailomta28-re.btinternet.com [213.120.69.121]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81FF73858CDA for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:16:29 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 81FF73858CDA Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dronecode.org.uk Received: from re-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.54.4]) by re-prd-fep-047.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20221111161628.SUIK3222.re-prd-fep-047.btinternet.com@re-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net> for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:16:28 +0000 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com; bimi=skipped X-SNCR-Rigid: 613A8CC3421E9084 X-Originating-IP: [81.153.98.246] X-OWM-Source-IP: 81.153.98.246 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvgedrfeeigdekiecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemuceutffkvffkuffjvffgnffgvefqofdpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfuhffvfhgjtgfgsehtjeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpeflohhnucfvuhhrnhgvhicuoehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeejffekgfejvdfgueetvdduvddvteekieeitddttdeiueeuleetjedvgeekgeekjeenucfkphepkedurdduheefrdelkedrvdegieenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegludelvddrudeikedruddruddtiegnpdhinhgvthepkedurdduheefrdelkedrvdegiedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtoheptgihghifihhnqdgrphhpshestgihghifihhnrdgtohhm X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.106] (81.153.98.246) by re-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.716.04) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 613A8CC3421E9084 for cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:16:28 +0000 Message-ID: <13518d55-4b3c-cefd-166d-d41ec7f1a70d@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:16:28 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.4.2 Subject: Re: Cygwin x86 end-of-life Content-Language: en-GB From: Jon Turney To: "cygwin-apps@cygwin.com" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3570.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_SPF_HELO,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_NONE,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 11/11/2022 15:50, Jon Turney wrote: > > As has previously been announced, Cygwin is dropping support for x86 > Windows. Cygwin 3.3.6 is the final version supporting x86 (32-bit) > Windows, and the forthcoming Cygwin 3.4 will be released for x86_64 only. > > Concurrent with that, updates to x86 packages will be stopped, and the > Cygwin x86 package repository will be archived. I plan to pause package uploads this coming Monday (2022-11-14), before starting the re-organization of the package repository to make this archive. When package updates resume (I don't have an ETA, but I expect it will take a few days to attend to all the details), attempts to upload x86 packages will be rejected with an error. > (Instructions on the special steps needed to install from that archive > will be forthcoming, once we've worked out what they are.) > > If you're using x86 Cygwin under WOW64 on a 64-bit Windows OS, please > strongly consider moving to an x86_64 Cygwin installation. > > (If you have ARM hardware, we believe that x86_64 Cygwin works correctly > using the x86_64 emulation in Windows 11) > > If you're one of the tiny percentage of Cygwin users using x86 Cygwin on > a real x86 Windows OS, don't panic! The current installation will > continue to run on your system. You just won't get any more updates.