requirements, 32-bit: clarify end of 32-bit installer support#86
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requirements, 32-bit: clarify end of 32-bit installer support#86
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The requirements page listed i686 as a supported CPU architecture, but full 32-bit support ended with v2.40.x. Since then, only MinGit is provided as a 32-bit artifact. Add a paragraph explaining this and linking to the detailed 32-bit support timeline page for the full deprecation schedule. Also adjust the Windows version requirement to say "64-bit CPU (x64 or amd64)" since that is what current Git for Windows releases target. Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
While the plan was to wind down 32-bit installer support quietly after v2.40.x (with only reduced-component updates from that point on), the embargoed security release v2.48.1 ended up accidentally including 32-bit installers as well. Rather than trying to put the genie back in the bottle, this was retroactively declared a parting gift to 32-bit users. It is now definitively the last version to ship with a 32-bit installer, Portable Git and archive; only 32-bit MinGit will be built going forward. Update both pages to reflect this, and switch the 32-bit timeline page from future tense to past tense now that the limited-support phase has concluded. Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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The requirements page claimed that Git for Windows supports both i686 and x86_64 CPU architectures, which has not been accurate for a while. Full 32-bit support ended with v2.40.x in March 2023, and the 32-bit timeline page was still written in future tense despite this phase having concluded.
Additionally, while the limited 32-bit support phase (shipping installers with reduced component updates) was meant to wind down quietly, the embargoed security release v2.48.1 ended up accidentally including 32-bit installers as well. Rather than trying to undo that, this was accepted as one last, gracious parting gift to 32-bit users and is now definitively the last version with a 32-bit installer, Portable Git and archive.
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