Stop testing deprecated Windows Server 2019 runner image (#8989)

Author: hugovk

.github/workflows/test-windows.yml

@@ -31,16 +31,15 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: windows-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ["pypy3.11", "pypy3.10", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         architecture: ["x64"]
-        os: ["windows-latest"]
         include:
             # Test the oldest Python on 32-bit
-            - { python-version: "3.9", architecture: "x86", os: "windows-2019" }
+            - { python-version: "3.9", architecture: "x86" }
 
     timeout-minutes: 45
 

docs/installation/platform-support.rst

@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ These platforms are built and tested for every change.
 | Ubuntu Linux 24.04 LTS (Noble)   | 3.12                       | x86-64, arm64v8,    |
 |                                  |                            | ppc64le, s390x      |
 +----------------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------+
-| Windows Server 2019              | 3.9                        | x86                 |
-+----------------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------+
-| Windows Server 2022              | 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13,    | x86-64              |
+| Windows Server 2022              | 3.9                        | x86                 |
+|                                  +----------------------------+---------------------+
+|                                  | 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13,    | x86-64              |
 |                                  | PyPy3                      |                     |
 |                                  +----------------------------+---------------------+
 |                                  | 3.12 (MinGW)               | x86-64              |

winbuild/README.md

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ For more extensive info, see the [Windows build instructions](build.rst).
 * Requires Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or newer with C++ component.
 * Requires NASM for libjpeg-turbo, a required dependency when using this script.
 * Requires CMake 3.15 or newer (available as Visual Studio component).
-* Tested on Windows Server 2022 with Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise and Windows Server
-  2019 with Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise (GitHub Actions).
+* Tested on Windows Server 2022 with Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise (GitHub Actions).
 
 Here's an example script to build on Windows: