Editing Backporting (section)

==Examples==

* Many features of [[Windows Vista]] were backported to [[Windows XP]] when Service Pack 3 was released for Windows XP, thereby facilitating compatibility of applications (mostly games) originally with Vista as a minimum requirement to run on XP SP3 as a minimum requirement instead.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.engadget.com/2007-10-09-microsoft-backports-vista-features-for-new-windows-xp-sp3-beta.html | title = Microsoft backports Vista features for new Windows XP SP3 beta | date = 2007-10-09 | author = Donald Melanson | publisher = [[Engadget]] | access-date = 2020-05-11 | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033042/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/09/microsoft-backports-vista-features-for-new-windows-xp-sp3-beta/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* The [[Debian Project]] since September 2010<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100905| title = Backports service becoming official| date = 2010-09-05| publisher = [[Debian Project]]| access-date = 2020-05-11| archive-date = 2011-09-03| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110903172855/http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100905| url-status = live}}</ref> has provided an official backporting service for some [[Debian Linux]] software packages, and [[Ubuntu]] Linux also supports backports.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports | title = UbuntuBackports | date = 2015-11-29 | publisher = [[Ubuntu Project]] | access-date = 2020-05-11 | archive-date = 2019-05-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190503051547/https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports | url-status = live }}</ref>
* In 2024, a [[YouTuber]] named MattKC backported [[.NET Framework]] versions 2.0 and 3.5 to [[Windows 95]], which did not officially support the framework.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harper |first=Christopher |date=2024-04-14 |title=Thousands of apps ported back to Windows 95 twenty-eight years later — .NET Framework port enables backward compatibility for modern software |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/thousands-of-apps-ported-back-to-windows-95-twenty-eight-years-later-net-framework-port-enables-backward-compatibility-for-modern-software |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=[[Tom's Hardware]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531170725/https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/thousands-of-apps-ported-back-to-windows-95-twenty-eight-years-later-net-framework-port-enables-backward-compatibility-for-modern-software |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Posch |first=Maya |date=2024-04-14 |title=Porting Modern Windows Applications To Windows 95 |url=https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/porting-modern-windows-applications-to-windows-95/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=[[Hackaday]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701121659/https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/porting-modern-windows-applications-to-windows-95/ |url-status=live }}</ref>