From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor@fruitbat.org>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:28:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211027162840.GT32501@ming.fruitbat.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YXkTpuC1WG86ZKbN@calimero.vinschen.de>
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:53:58AM +0200, Cygwin List wrote:
Greetings, Corinna,
> 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?
That works. I'll note the email message for those announcements, like
I've done for the XP finale, and provide direct circa links and a copy
of the installer.
> 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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-27 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-26 20:55 Corinna Vinschen
2021-10-26 22:01 ` [QUAR] " Eliot Moss
2021-10-26 22:52 ` Michel LaBarre
2021-10-27 4:29 ` Peter A. Castro
2021-10-27 8:53 ` Corinna Vinschen
2021-10-27 16:28 ` Peter A. Castro [this message]
2021-10-28 7:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2021-10-27 14:57 ` Michel LaBarre
2021-10-27 16:38 ` Peter A. Castro
2021-10-27 8:33 ` Corinna Vinschen
2021-10-27 0:24 ` Takashi Yano
2021-10-27 8:49 ` Corinna Vinschen
2021-10-27 9:37 ` Thomas Wolff
2021-10-27 10:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2021-10-27 16:46 ` Peter A. Castro
2021-10-27 21:04 ` Thomas Wolff
2021-10-27 23:35 ` Peter A. Castro
2021-10-27 13:07 ` Andrew Schulman
2021-10-27 11:03 ` L A Walsh
2021-10-27 11:10 ` Corinna Vinschen
2021-10-27 15:25 ` [HEADSUP] " Jim Reisert AD1C
2021-10-27 17:22 ` EXTERNAL: " Damon Register
2021-10-27 22:35 ` [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support [XEmacs for 64-bit?] Dan Harkless
2021-10-27 22:37 ` Dan Harkless
2021-10-27 22:36 ` Dan Harkless
2021-10-28 8:47 ` Henry S. Thompson
2021-10-27 20:36 [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support Jeremy Drake
2021-10-28 6:00 ` Brian Inglis
2021-10-28 7:11 ` Corinna Vinschen
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