> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Inglis > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2022 3:17 PM > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:25:18 +0000, Jon Turney wrote:> On 11/11/2022 16:16, > Jon > Turney wrote: > >> On 11/11/2022 15:50, Jon Turney wrote: > >>> As has previously been announced, Cygwin is dropping support for x86 > >>> Windows. Cygwin 3.3.6 is the final version supporting x86 (32-bit) > >>> Windows, and the forthcoming Cygwin 3.4 will be released for x86_64 only. > >>> > >>> Concurrent with that, updates to x86 packages will be stopped, and the > >>> Cygwin x86 package repository will be archived. > > >> I plan to pause package uploads this coming Monday (2022-11-14), before > >> starting the re-organization of the package repository to make this > >> archive. > > > Since there have been some complaints about short notice, and to give > > time to work out the issues with gettext/libunistring, I'm going to > > defer this by one week, until Monday 2022-11-21. > > Thank you very much appreciated, hopefully we can deal with the remaining > issues > quickly.
I do not have an articulate retort to ending support, but all I can say is that I feel there must be a middle ground. I feel that there could and should be some form of "we don’t support it" but we are not going out of our way to prevent it. Can I throw resources at a solution? If so what? Feel free to ignore my grumpy ramblings. -Jason -- Jason Pyeron | Architect PD Inc | Certified SBA 8(a) 10 w 24th St | Certified SBA HUBZone Baltimore, MD | CAGE Code: 1WVR6 .com: jpye...@pdinc.us tel : 202-741-9397
