implemented [TC 11.50b3] Internal 7-Zip packer unavailable in Windows XP

[ghisler(Author)]

No, because it's not a bug in ghc, but probably in the Visual C++ compiler.

[Usher]

2ghisler(Author)
I think that you should let the ghc author decide whether he wants to implement this bugfix or workaround.

[ghisler(Author)]

I don't want to take up their time with Windows XP support, which they must have dropped years ago, just for a few users here who insist on XP support.

[Usher]

2ghisler(Author)
So leave current TC as legacy version for 32-bit systems and move to developing only 64-bit TC. You can use a year for new versions numbering - TC24 in 2024, TC25 in 2025 etc.- like other developers do.

[ghisler(Author)]

32-bit vs 64-bit is not the problem here. It was actually much easier to get the 32-bit version to work on XP than the 64-bit version.

[JOUBE]

I don't want to take up their time with Windows XP support, which they must have dropped years ago, just for a few users here who insist on XP support.

Thanks

[JOUBE]

2ghisler(Author)
So leave current TC as legacy version for 32-bit systems and move to developing only 64-bit TC. You can use a year for new versions numbering - TC24 in 2024, TC25 in 2025 etc.- like other developers do.

Bad suggestion.