Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-28 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin
On 27/10/2021 09:57, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-announce via Cygwin wrote: [I sent this announcement to the Cygwin mailing list accidentally. Now sending it to cygwin-announce, too, to reach more people. Please reply on the cygwin mailing list if you have any concerns or comments] Hi

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support [XEmacs for 64-bit?]

2021-10-28 Thread Henry S. Thompson via Cygwin
Dan Harkless via Cygwin writes: > ... > Anyone know more about the difficulty in getting those packages to > work on 64-bit? Um, yes, I did a lot of work on that back in 2015 and got it working under Cygwin, with a lot of help from Vin Shelton, but never to the point of public release because it

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-28 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Oct 27 13:36, Jeremy Drake via Cygwin wrote: > Oops, forgot to send to list. > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2021, Takashi Yano wrote: > > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 > > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in > > > 2022, thus Cygwin

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-28 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Oct 27 09:28, Peter A. Castro wrote: > On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:53:58AM +0200, Cygwin List wrote: > Greetings, Corinna, > > > On Oct 26 21:29, Peter A. Castro wrote: > > > Corinna, I presume you will post when these milestones occur so that we > > > have a more exact message in the Cygwin

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-28 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2021-10-27 14:36, Jeremy Drake via Cygwin wrote: Oops, forgot to send to list. On Wed, 27 Oct 2021, Takashi Yano wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 Corinna Vinschen wrote: We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in 2022, thus Cygwin 3.4.0 won't come in

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 11:04:16PM +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote: > Hi Peter, Greetings, Thomas, > Am 27.10.2021 um 18:46 schrieb Peter A. Castro: > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 11:37:26AM +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote: > > > > Greetings, Thomas, > > > > > Am 27.10.2021 um 10:49 schrieb Corinna Vinschen

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support [XEmacs for 64-bit?]

2021-10-27 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
Oops, sorry for the direct email.  Didn't realize you now have to use the "Reply List" button that pops into existence rather than the normal Reply button.  I re-sent to the list. - Dan Harkless On 10/27/2021 3:35 PM, Dan Harkless wrote: On 10/26/2021 1:55 PM, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support [XEmacs for 64-bit?]

2021-10-27 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
On 10/26/2021 1:55 PM, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in 2022, thus Cygwin 3.4.0 won't come in 32 bit anymore, and the package maintainers won't have to update 32 bit packages anymore.  If you're still running Cygwin under

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support [XEmacs for 64-bit?]

2021-10-27 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
On 10/26/2021 1:55 PM, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in 2022, thus Cygwin 3.4.0 won't come in 32 bit anymore, and the package maintainers won't have to update 32 bit packages anymore. If you're still running Cygwin under

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Thomas Wolff
Hi Peter, Am 27.10.2021 um 18:46 schrieb Peter A. Castro: On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 11:37:26AM +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote: Greetings, Thomas, Am 27.10.2021 um 10:49 schrieb Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin: On Oct 27 09:24, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 Corinna

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Jeremy Drake via Cygwin
Oops, forgot to send to list. On Wed, 27 Oct 2021, Takashi Yano wrote: > On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in > > 2022, thus Cygwin 3.4.0 won't come in 32 bit anymore, and the package > >

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Damon Register via Cygwin
On 10/27/2021 11:25 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 2:55 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: The upcoming version 3.3.0 is the last version officially supporting Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The next major release 3.4.0 will be released in 2022 and will be the last one

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 11:37:26AM +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote: Greetings, Thomas, > Am 27.10.2021 um 10:49 schrieb Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin: > > On Oct 27 09:24, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote: > > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 > > > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > > We're also planning to

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:57:00AM -0400, Michel LaBarre wrote: Greetings, Michel, > > > 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

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Peter A. Castro
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

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 2:55 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > The upcoming version 3.3.0 is the last version officially supporting > Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. > > The next major release 3.4.0 will be released in 2022 and will be the > last one officially supporting Windows 7, Windows 8,

RE: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Michel LaBarre
> > 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

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Andrew Schulman via Cygwin
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in > > 2022, thus Cygwin 3.4.0 won't come in 32 bit anymore, and the package > > maintainers won't have to update 32 bit packages anymore. If you're > > still

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Oct 27 11:37, Thomas Wolff wrote: > Am 27.10.2021 um 10:49 schrieb Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin: > > Less than 1% are real 32 bit systems. > I think roughly 1% is still a community to consider. Working old machines > shouldn't be trashed just because they are missing a few bits :) > > >

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 27.10.2021 um 10:49 schrieb Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin: On Oct 27 09:24, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 Corinna Vinschen wrote: We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in 2022, thus Cygwin 3.4.0 won't come in 32 bit

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-announce via Cygwin
[I sent this announcement to the Cygwin mailing list accidentally. Now sending it to cygwin-announce, too, to reach more people. Please reply on the cygwin mailing list if you have any concerns or comments] Hi folks, The upcoming version 3.3.0 is the last version officially supporting

[HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-announce
[I sent this announcement to the Cygwin mailing list accidentally. Now sending it to cygwin-announce, too, to reach more people. Please reply on the cygwin mailing list if you have any concerns or comments] Hi folks, The upcoming version 3.3.0 is the last version officially supporting

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
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

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Oct 27 09:24, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote: > On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in > > 2022, thus Cygwin 3.4.0 won't come in 32 bit anymore, and the package > > maintainers won't have to update

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-27 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Oct 26 18:52, Michel LaBarre wrote: > 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

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-26 Thread Peter A. Castro
ygwin [mailto:cygwin-bounces+michel.labarre=rogers@cygwin.com] On > Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin > Sent: October 26, 2021 4:55 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Cc: Corinna Vinschen > Subject: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support > > Hi folks, >

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-26 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:55:01 +0200 Corinna Vinschen wrote: > We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in > 2022, thus Cygwin 3.4.0 won't come in 32 bit anymore, and the package > maintainers won't have to update 32 bit packages anymore. If you're > still running Cygwin

RE: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-26 Thread Michel LaBarre
t: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support Hi folks, The upcoming version 3.3.0 is the last version officially supporting Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The next major release 3.4.0 will be released in 2022 and will be the last one officially supporting Windows 7

Re: [QUAR] [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-26 Thread Eliot Moss
Thank you for your many efforts, Corinna! This seems very reasonable to me! Best wishes - Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info:

[HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support

2021-10-26 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
Hi folks, The upcoming version 3.3.0 is the last version officially supporting Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The next major release 3.4.0 will be released in 2022 and will be the last one officially supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012.