On Mar 10 20:33, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote: > On 2025-03-10 18:56, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 at 21:24, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote: > > > On 2025-03-10 04:35, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: > > > > > Did anyone test whether Cygwin 3.6 will still work on Windows 8? I > > > > > know, Win8 is unsupported, but apparently it is still needed > > > > > > > https://cygwin.com/ front page says "The Cygwin DLL currently works > > > > with all recent, commercially released x86_64 versions of Windows, > > > > starting with Windows 8.1. For more information see the FAQ." > > > > > > FAQ is outdated as 1.2 still says Windows 7, and Server 2008 R2, which > > > ended > > > support in 2020. > > > > OK, but Cygwin 3.6.0 works fine on Windows 8.1/x86-64. > > Please just update the docs that the minimum version is now Windows > > 8.1 // Windows Server 2012 R2 (Windows Server Blue). > > > > Or is there any technical reason why someone wants to pull the plug in > > Win 8.1 // Windows Server 2012 R2 support? > > This is usually because some extended API features are required to support > newer functions, and those API features are unsupported on legacy versions, > increasing the work required to implement the functions on those versions. > > > > > Whether Windows 8.1 is really still supported for Cygwin 3.6, that > > > > only Corinna can answer. > > > > > > As usual, unsupported versions are likely to be dropped on final release, > > > as 8.1 > > > Extended Support ended in 2023, as did Server 2012 R2, although ESUs are > > > available until 2026[-10], so ? > > > > Not quite correct: Windows 8.1 Industry/Embedded is still supported, > > for companies who still have active support contracts. > > Win 8.1 server counterpart Win Server 2012 has ESU support until 2026, > > and support contracts running until 2032. > > > > Also, if you pull the plug on Windows 8.1 support, then Cygwin on > > ReactOS is in serious trouble. There is still ongoing work to get > > Cygwin 3.6 running on ReactOS properly, no need to make it harder. > > Really? > There appear to be considerations for related projects such as Wine, Msys2, > Mingw64, etc.
There's no good reason yet to drop 8.1/2012 R2, even though usage figures are extremly low (< 1%). We may consider that for 3.7, but we won't enforce it. I have to say that I was pretty impressed with 8.1 and its performance, especially in terms of the GUI. The Windows 10 and *especially* the Windows 11 GUIs feel like molasses in comparison. 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
