Visual Studio C++ Redistributable has known EOL

[hsmith-gresham]

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The VS C++ Redist used for Windows builds - https://github.com/corretto/corretto-8/blob/develop/installers/windows/zip/build.gradle#L38 - has a known EOL of April next year - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/visual-studio-2013

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Upgrade to a later version of VS C++ Redistributable for building and for consumers of Corretto 8 to use alongside their Windows JDK.
Do you already have a timeframe in mind for this?

[mrserb]

Hello, @hassa0125. Thank you for your report.

We are aware about this problem and right now we are working on it. One of our future version will use an updated version of VS C++ Redistributable(before EOL of the current one).

[denby-liu]

Hi @mrserb , is there any update on when this will be upgraded and which version of Corretto? Thanks.