Golang 1.11 Windows Support

Subramanian Sridharan

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Jan 14, 2019, 1:25:07 PM1/14/19

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Hello Gophers!

I read that Go 1.11 onwards, Windows XP and Vista aren't supported.
But when I cross compiled using GOOS and GOARCH, the exe file runs fine on XP system.

So does that mean the support for XP and Vista has been discontinued only for development and compiled exes will run fine on them?

Or is it unreliable to cross compile for such machines?

TIA,

Subramanian Sridharan.

Jan Mercl

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Jan 14, 2019, 1:29:11 PM1/14/19

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Not supported OS version means IMO: may not work at all as we're not testing it and bugs specific to that OS version will get very low or zero attention.

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peterGo

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Jan 14, 2019, 5:42:26 PM1/14/19

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Discontinuation of support for Go and Windows XP and Vista has the usual meaning. If you encounter a problem, neither the Go team nor Microsoft will help. You are on your own.

Peter

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