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lazka committed Dec 13, 2023
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This page lists important changes or issues affecting MSYS2 users. We also post them to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/msys2org) and [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@msys2org), including some not-so-important things :)

### 2023-12-11 - Starting to drop some 32-bit Packages
### 2023-12-13 - Starting to drop some 32-bit Packages

Three years ago we dropped 32-bit Windows support for running MSYS2 itself, now
we are taking the next step and slowly starting to reduce the number of 32-bit
mingw-w64 packages, meaning the packages for the MINGW32 and CLANG32
environments. The goal of the phase-out is to reduce maintenance costs and server
resources while not affecting most users. The focus will be on packages that
aren't likely to see much use anyway, or where 64-bit alternatives are available
and viable:
packages, meaning the packages for the MINGW32 and CLANG32 environments. The
goal of the phase-out is to reduce maintenance costs and server resources while
not affecting most users. The focus will be on packages that aren't likely to
see much use anyway, or where 64-bit alternatives are available and viable:

* Packages which are likely not used outside of MSYS2 (re-packaged)
* End-user applications which are likely not used outside of MSYS2 (GUI apps,
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