Re: [PATCH] Cygwin: doc: drop mention of 32-bit installer

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>]

On Jan 12 19:17, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 12/01/2022 18:51, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Jan 12 15:52, Jon Turney wrote:
> > > Drop mention of 32-bit installer, since it's offically discouraged, and
> > > planned to be dropped soon.
> > > 
> > > Adjust various references to be something more generic, like 'the Cygwin
> > > Setup program' to accomodate this.
> > > ---
> > >   winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 12 +++----
> > >   winsup/doc/setup-net.xml | 74 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
> > >   2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
> > > [...]
> > >   <para>
> > > -On Windows Vista and later, <command>setup.exe</command> will check by
> > > +On Windows Vista and later, <command>setup</command> will check by
> >                ^^^^^
> > This will have to be changed for the master branch to mention W7
> > instead.  Vista is a dead stinkin' fish at that time.  That reminds me,
> > we have to do this throughout.  Do you want to or shall I?
> 
> Please go ahead.
> 
> In this particular case, the leading clause can simply be dropped, since
> "setup will check by default if it runs with administrative privileges ..."
> describes the behaviour on all supported Windows versions.

Yeah, makes sense.


Corinna