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[Ian McInerney <Ian.S.McInerney@xxxxxxxx>]

We'll have to figure out how to phrase the support requirements for this,
because we have committed to supporting Windows 8.1 until January 10, 2023
apparently - and 8.1 would have 32-bit versions.

-Ian

On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 4:58 AM Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am working on a MSVC build chain slowly amongst my ADHD heh.
> Though I'm focusing on Win64 builds, Win32 would be trivial. It's just a
> measure of how much is it worth it. Microsoft has instituted a complete ban
> on 32-bit sales of new PCs a few months ago on their end so wiin32 is
> slowly moving towards life support status.
>
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 11:31 PM Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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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