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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 7:31 PM Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ah right, as it stands, the only way to use a new install of msys2 32-bit
> now is to patch it on startup because the repo keys changed but they no
> longer update the 32-bit base package
>
> See: https://www.msys2.org/news/#2020-06-29-new-packagers
>
> But the package versions available on 32-bit are going to begin to
> diverge from the 64-bit builds
>
>
> There may need to be a decision made about continued 32-bit support for
> KiCad Windows.
>
>
Unless we push the Windows builds over to Visual Studio, this announcement
makes our decision for us.  V6 makes a natural transition point for us,
support-wise as well.

-Seth

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