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+On Windows, the [`os.Readlink`](/os#Readlink) function no longer tries
+to resolve mount points to a canonical path.
+This behavior is controlled by the `winsymlink` setting.
+For Go 1.23, it defaults to `winsymlink=1`.
+Previous versions default to `winsymlink=0`.
+
+On Windows, [`os.Readlink`](/pkg/path/filepath#EvalSymlinks) no longer tries
+to normalize volumes to drive letters, which was not always even possible.
+This behavior is controlled by the `winreadlinkvolume` setting.
+For Go 1.23, it defaults to `winreadlinkvolume=1`.
+Previous versions default to `winreadlinkvolume=0`. \ No newline at end of file