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Re:Demoting i686-PC-windows-gnu to Tier 2 by adgjlsfhk1 on Monday May 26, 2025 @02:35PM (#44100217)
the problem with Windows on Arm is CI. Qualcomm cancelled their dev kit, so you run graviton/Ampere VMs, but it's pretty difficult to do automated tests on the hardware that all 5 users have.
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Re:Demoting i686-PC-windows-gnu to Tier 2 by zamadatix on Monday May 26, 2025 @04:30PM (#44101364)
There are Windows ARM GitHub runners now. I'm honestly not sure the dev kit would have helped, the existing Windows ARM hardware could be had for cheaper - just nobody cared to bother with it.

This is looking to go for it though https://github.com/dpaoliello/rfcs/blob/aarch64tier1/text/38... but we'll see if there is enough interest.

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