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> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:36:36 +0100
> 
> > I cannot tell you what to do, but it would be nice to have binaries
> > that can be run on older Windows versions.  So if the build supports
> > XP and older Windows, keeping the 32-bit build would be an advantage.
> 
> MSYS2 MinGW-w64 binaries do not support XP, they officially decided this
> some years ago and now some runtime dlls use APIs not present on XP.

That's what I knew.  So in that case, I see no reason for us to
produce official 32-bit binaries, as the chances for them being used
are likely nil.