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. I have old machines that cannot be updated to Windows 10 (hybrid graphics hardware) that I use for background activities that I may someday need to rebuild. Thank you very much for all your efforts. Michel -----Original Message----- From: Cygwin [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, 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. 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 WOW64, consider to move to 64 bit in the next couple of months. Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
