Re: [go-nuts] Golang and EOL of Windows 7 (Windows Server 2008)

2019-11-19 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 6:20 AM Pier-Hugues Pellerin wrote: > > Yes running an old version is a solution but this will mean that we might > miss some important security fixes. That is true, but honestly I would worry more about missing security fixes for Windows than I would about Go. Not that

Re: [go-nuts] Golang and EOL of Windows 7 (Windows Server 2008)

2019-11-19 Thread 'Pier-Hugues Pellerin' via golang-nuts
Thanks both of you. Yes running an old version is a solution but this will mean that we might miss some important security fixes. Anywhere I can subscribe for theses kind of discussion? On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 1:36 PM Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:13 AM 'Pier-Hugues

Re: [go-nuts] Golang and EOL of Windows 7 (Windows Server 2008)

2019-11-18 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:13 AM 'Pier-Hugues Pellerin' via golang-nuts wrote: > > I've been trying to find information about how the Go team deals with EOL of > a specific platform. > I am working on products that currently support Windows 7 and were users will > not move quickly out of the >

Re: [go-nuts] Golang and EOL of Windows 7 (Windows Server 2008)

2019-11-18 Thread Tyler Compton
As a data point, Go stopped supporting Windows XP in Go 1.10. That's 4 years after Microsoft officially ended support for the operating system. I don't think that's a hard rule, and it will probably depend on what version Go's main Windows contributors use. Relevant issue:

[go-nuts] Golang and EOL of Windows 7 (Windows Server 2008)

2019-11-18 Thread 'Pier-Hugues Pellerin' via golang-nuts
Hello everyone, I've been trying to find information about how the Go team deals with EOL of a specific platform. I am working on products that currently support Windows 7 and were users will not move quickly out of the platform. Since the EOL of Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008) is