# \[ANN\] dropped binary package support for Ruby 1.9.3 on Windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-dropped-binary-package-support-for-ruby-1-9-3-on-windows/233000>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [November 10, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-dropped-binary-package-support-for-ruby-1-9-3-on-windows/233000 "2014-11-10T14:44:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-dropped-binary-package-support-for-ruby-1-9-3-on-windows/233000/1 "2014-11-10T14:44:45Z")

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Hi,

I’m sorry for the late announcement.

We dropped Ruby 1.9.3 support on Windows (x86-mingw32 packages) since  
Ruby-GNOME2 2.2.1 and rcairo 1.12.9. Because it’s hard, and Ruby core  
team  
only provide security fixes for 1.9.3 until February 23 2015, after  
which  
all support will end for 1.9.3. We highly recommend that you upgrade to  
Ruby 2.1 or 2.0.0 as soon as possible.

Support for Ruby version 1.9.3 will end on February 23, 2015  
[https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/01/10/ruby-1-9-3-will-end-on-2015/](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/01/10/ruby-1-9-3-will-end-on-2015/)

Regards,  
myokoym