Update the installer

* We dropped support for running on Windows 8.1 for the GUI installer
  due to the Qt update
* We now also provide a zst archive (xz is now deprecated)
* win support: update accordingly (also add 8.0 which was missing in various places)

Author: lazka

web/docs/installer.md

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ set up an initial MSYS2 environment. For further updating pacman is used. See
 
 ![screenshot](installer.png)
 
-The installer comes in three variants:
+The installer comes in four variants:
 
 * `msys2-x86_64-.exe`: The GUI installer (see screenshot above)
 * `msys2-base-x86_64-*.sfx.exe`: Just the files in a self extracting archive (missing Windows integration like shortcuts, uninstall entry, but otherwise works the same)
-* `msys2-base-x86_64-*.tar.xz`: Same as `.sfx.exe` but as an XZ archive
+* `msys2-base-x86_64-*.tar.zst`: Same as `.sfx.exe` but as an ZSTD archive
+* `msys2-base-x86_64-*.tar.xz`: Same as `.sfx.exe` but as an XZ archive (deprecated)
 
 The installer executables and tarballs are hosted on
 [GitHub](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases) as well as on the

web/docs/windows_support.md

@@ -24,24 +24,29 @@ Upstream software may impose additional requirements.
 
 We no longer support these configurations, but here's a list of resources that might help you get things running either way.
 
-**Windows 7**: The last installer version that worked on Windows 7 is [2022-10-28](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/tag/2022-10-28). Switching to [msys2-runtime-3.4](https://packages.msys2.org/base/msys2-runtime-3.4) should keep the Cygwin parts working. Many Mingw packages will no longer work though (Python for example).
+**Windows 8.1**: The last GUI installer version that worked on Windows 8.1 is
+[2024-01-13](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/tag/2024-01-13).
+
+**Windows 7 and 8.0**: The last installer version that worked on Windows 7 and 8.0 is [2022-10-28](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/tag/2022-10-28). Switching to [msys2-runtime-3.4](https://packages.msys2.org/base/msys2-runtime-3.4) should keep the Cygwin parts working. Many Mingw packages will no longer work though (Python for example).
 
 **32-bit Windows**: The last working archive is available at https://repo.msys2.org/distrib/i686 and there is a community maintained repo at https://github.com/jeremyd2019/msys2-build32.
 
 ## Changelog
 
 Various changes affecting the supported Windows versions and hardware for both pre-built packages and programs built using our toolchains.
 
+**2024-05-07**: The GUI installer dropped support for running on Windows 8.1.
+
 **2024-05-03:** [msys2-runtime](https://packages.msys2.org/base/msys2-runtime)
-was updated to Cygwin 3.5 which dropped support for Windows 7 and will no longer run there.
+was updated to Cygwin 3.5 which dropped support for Windows 7 and 8.0 and will no longer run there.
 
 **2023-12-13:** We will no longer add new 32-bit Mingw packages to the repo unless needed, and will start dropping 32-bit packages without users.
 
 **2023-01-15:** Dropped active support for Windows 7 and 8.0 in general.
 
 **2022-12-26:** Default _WIN32_WINNT bumped to Windows 8.1 for UCRT environments. MINGW32/MINGW64 environments still default to Windows 7.
 
-**2022-12-16:** The GUI installer dropped support for running on Windows 7.
+**2022-12-16:** The GUI installer dropped support for running on Windows 7 and 8.0.
 
 **2022-10-18:** New minimum hardware requirements for pre-built packages matching the minimum requirements of Windows 8.1 (CPUs from ~2006/7+).
 

web/index.md

@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ MSYS2 and what for.
 
 ## Installation
 
-1. Download the installer: <a href="https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/download/2024-01-13/msys2-x86_64-20240113.exe" class="button">msys2-x86_64-20240113.exe</a>
+1. Download the installer: <a href="https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/download/2024-05-07/msys2-x86_64-20240507.exe" class="button">msys2-x86_64-20240507.exe</a>
 
     <span style="opacity: 0.6; word-wrap: break-word;">For more information on the installer, like command line options, or how to verify the checksum and signature of the installer, see the [installer guide](./docs/installer.md).</span>
 
-2. Run the installer. MSYS2 requires 64 bit Windows 8.1 or newer.
+2. Run the installer. Installing MSYS2 requires 64 bit Windows 10 or newer.
 
 3. Enter your desired **Installation Folder** (short ASCII-only path on a NTFS volume, no accents, no spaces, no symlinks, no subst or network drives, no FAT).