Well, I don't have any skin in the game, since both my computers have 64-bit Windows. It just seems a pity to shut out the minority who have 32-bit Windows.
But that's a development decision, so I won't keep harping on it. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-18 20:21, john wrote: > 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 > <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.
