feat!(platform): remove Windows support
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #752 as commit e8f0ca9, removing Windows host support and closing #623. Windows users are directed to WSL2 or Multipass.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Windows host support was removed by merged PR #752, committed as e8f0ca9. The maintainer confirmed direct Windows execution is unsupported and recommends WSL2 or Multipass.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Removes support for Windows as a host machine.
CRAFT-4385
Fixes #623
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #752 as commit e8f0ca9, removing Windows host support and closing #623. Windows users are directed to WSL2 or Multipass. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | closed resolved | Merged PR removing Windows host support, resolving #623 and CRAFT-4385. Requires major version bump; users should use WSL2 or Multipass instead. |
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Related work
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Related To:
craft-providers#623
(confidence 100%)
The Windows-host removal issue explicitly fixed by PR #752.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2307 feat!: drop Windows support | charmcraft | merged | Merged PR #2307 as commit 617a7203, removing Windows-specific support across 48 files and resolving #1810. | |
| #4975 build!: remove Windows support | snapcraft | closed | Closed unmerged; native Windows support was later removed by merged PR #6075 (commit fbc42f181), replacing this proposal and favoring WSL. | |
| #623 Drop Windows host support | craft-providers | closed | Windows host support was removed by merged PR canonical/craft-providers#752 (commit e8f0ca9); users should use WSL2 or Multipass instead. |