install-tl-windows.bat Suggestions for Enhancement

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 03:14:13PM +0200, M. Münch wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> 1. In line 19 of current install-tl-windows.bat, see
> 
> https://github.com/TeX-Live/installer/blob/fa57b0f4cccd7d00875b80a62f2e55f4606bcb70/install-tl-windows.bat#L19
> 
> , it probably should be
> "*Since* 2020 TeX Live has not been tested on Windows Vista."
> 
> or
> "TeX Live *2024* has not been tested on Windows Vista."
> 
> instead of the current text
> 
> "TeX Live *2020* has not been tested on Windows Vista."
> 
> (which is neither wrong nor helpful for TL24ff.).
> 
> 2. At the end of the file:
> 
> :tooold
> echo TeX Live does not run on this Windows version.
> echo TeX Live is supported on Windows 7 and later.
> pause
> 
> That is correct, but on the off-chance that somebody upgrades from some old
> Windows (32 bit) to Windows 7 (32 bit) (or a 32 bit version of Win 8.1 or
> 10) and *then* is told that their 32 bit version is not supported, maybe
> additionally include the "64 bit required" here?
> The test for 32 vs. 64 bit is not even run for "too old".
> 
> 3.
> rem $Id: install-tl.bat 30369 2018-03-11 13:01:27Z siepo $
> 
> "install-tl.bat" is now "install-tl-windows.bat", and it has been updated
> (e.g. regarding 32 -> 64 bit), but the ID still claims it is from 2018.
> 
> Yours
> 
> Martin Münch

Thanks for reminding me. I uploaded a new version to the svn
repository, r. 70934.

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Siep Kroonenberg