Re: Cygwin x86 end-of-life

[Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>]

On 11/11/2022 20:02, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> Hi Achim,
> 
> Am 11.11.2022 um 20:50 schrieb Achim Gratz:
>> Thomas Wolff writes:
>>>> 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.
>>> Although expected for a while, the exact date is now a very short-time
>>> announcement. Can we have a moratorium for a short while?

So, if not now, when?

Is this actually going to cause you problems, and if so what are they 
specifically, or is this just a case of "change is bad"?

>> That moratorium is already running for more than a year:
>>
>> https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-October/249690.html
> That message does not announce a blocking of further 32-bit package 
> uploads, and not a precise date for such hard step either. So please 
> let's not commit a violation of the principle of least surprise.

Sorry if this was communicated in a surprising way, but there is also 
another, important principle at work here, the principle of least 
effort, or as we might call it in this application "the principle of not 
inventing more work for Jon Turney to do".