From 11e6855baf0f7576317f0e5faf942d6059bf1a1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 01:03:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update the note clarifying that we're following Cygwin in dropping support for outdated Windows versions. --- FAQ.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index ac93329..9a83897 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ NOTE: Git for Windows version [2.37.1](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/re NOTE: Git for Windows version [2.10.0](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.10.0.windows.1) was the last version supporting Windows XP and Server 2003. *** -Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are long past their end of life, hence support for these versions was dropped from Git for Windows 2.10.1 and later. This limitation is inherited by Git's use of MSYS2, which in turn inherited it from [Cygwin](https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-08/msg00446.html). +Windows 7, 8, XP and Windows Server 2003 are long past their end of life, hence support for these versions was dropped from Git for Windows 2.47.0 and later. This limitation is inherited by Git's use of MSYS2, which in turn inherited it from Cygwin (see [this](https://inbox.sourceware.org/cygwin/announce.20150826093214.GA1136@calimero.vinschen.de/) and [this](https://inbox.sourceware.org/cygwin/Zae9oMoQX5vyP6Gh@calimero.vinschen.de/) mail). More information here: [Git for Windows' prerequisites](https://gitforwindows.org/requirements.html).