What development effort? It's already an option to build GnuCash on windows using MinGW64 instead of MinGW32 (setting aside that there's a Webkit problem with the Windows build so neither is possible right now). Most of the Linux distros are 64-bit only, though Debian insists on packaging everything for an insane array of hardware: 5.5 is built in unstable for alpha, amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, hppa, i386, mips64el, ppc64, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x, and sparc64, see https://packages.debian.org/sid/gnucash. The Flathub and MacOS builds support both x86_64 and arm64.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 18, 2024, at 14:42, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <stan...@fastmail.fm> > wrote: > > But, as R Losey pointed out, that would take considerable development > effort. Is there any actual benefit to switching to a 64-bit program, > and is that benefit large enough to justify the development effort, even > if all the needed libraries are available in 64-bit forms. > > It seems to me that the original poster's argument in favor is that > 32-bit programs have been around for a long time. While that's true, it > doesn't seem to me like any reason to abandon them. > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > > On 2024-01-18 13:30, John Ralls wrote: >> An x64 build will work only on 64-bit PCs, a 32-bit build works on both. >> Windows 11 doesn't support 32-bit and Windows 10, which does support 32-bit >> computers, goes end-of-life this May. We don't "officially" support >> operating systems after EOL so I guess at some point after that we can >> switch to 64-bit builds on Windows. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Jan 18, 2024, at 3:55 AM, * Neustradamus * <neustrada...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear GnuCash team, >>> >>> I would like to know when you will create the Windows x64 release builds? >>> >>> We are in 2024, x64 is here since Windows XP Pro. >>> >>> The goal is to have like other softwares, a x64 version in more x86. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Neustradamus >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
