Hi Matthias

Not wanting to disregard Damjan's effort, wouldn't it be better if people who 
can fix issues would focus on 4.2.x?

I assume Cygwin 3.3.0 will be supported for some time, so we should use that 
time to focus on 4.2.x?

Regards,
Pedro

> On 10/28/2021 1:57 PM Matthias Seidel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hi all,
> 
> Cygwin 3.3.0 will be available soon and it will be the last 32-bit
> version we can build AOO41X with.
> 
> I remember, that Damjan longer ago posted a list of commits to make
> AOO41X buildable with Cygwin64.
> 
> Can we have a look at it?
> 
> Regards,
> 
>    Matthias
> 
> Am 27.10.21 um 18:25 schrieb Matthias Seidel:
> > Hi Pedro,
> >
> > This is not about a 64-bit version of AOO but about building AOO with
> > Cygwin 64-bit.
> >
> > AOO41x needs Cygwin32 at the moment, trunk/AOO42X are already built with
> > Cygwin64.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >    Matthias
> >
> > Am 27.10.21 um 18:16 schrieb Pedro Lino:
> >> Hi Matthias
> >>
> >> I agree. Providing 64-bit Windows binaries must be the #1 priority for 
> >> this Project (not because they are needed or better than the 32-bit builds 
> >> but because they will not be supported by the compilers or the OS)
> >> This will also solve the problem of having to suggest the installation of 
> >> a 32-bit Java (which is also becoming unsupported)
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Pedro
> >>
> >>
> >>>     On 10/27/2021 4:25 PM Matthias Seidel <[email protected]> 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>     Looks like we need to get building AOO41X for Windows on Cygwin64 or 
> >>> get out AOO42X.
> >>>
> >>>     Whatever comes first... ;-)
> >>>
> >>>     Regards,
> >>>
> >>>        Matthias
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> >>>     Betreff:      [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit 
> >>> support
> >>>     Datum:        Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:57:45 +0200
> >>>     Von:  Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-announce 
> >>> <[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]
> >>>     Antwort an:   [email protected] mailto:[email protected]
> >>>     An:   [email protected] mailto:[email protected]
> >>>     Kopie (CC):   Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]> 
> >>> mailto:[email protected]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     [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
> >>>     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
> >>>

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