There are security improvements due to more memory address space with 64-bit. Most (but not all) programs also run faster. Also maintaining both would be additional workload for the GC team that can be used for other more productive tasks.
On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 3:52 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > If there is a significant difference (improvement?) in performance with 64 > bit code, I would vote for either releases that automatically choose > whichever works on the target machine at installation time or alternate > releases for users to select when downloading instead of waiting until > Win10 is effectively dead. > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 11:07 AM john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > Considering that the last 32-bit processor from Intel was the Pentium 4E > > released in 2004 and the last AMD one was 2005's K5 it's a tiny minority. > > Regardless of Win11's ability to run 32-bit programs, it requires a > 64-bit > > processor ( > > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications) so > > when Win10 goes out of support so does the need for 32-bit GnuCash > builds. > > We're scheduled to release GnuCash 6 in January 2026 so that seems like > > the right time to make the switch. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > > > > > On Jan 19, 2024, at 04:03, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) < > > stan...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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