On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 10:58:13AM -0500, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 08:56:38AM -0500, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 08:05:17PM +0100, Georg Baum wrote: > > > Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > > > > > I don't understand how installers work for 32-bit vs 64-bit. Normally > > > > does our Windows installer contain both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries? Or > > > > we just release 32-bit and 64-bit systems are fine with it? Same for > > > > Mac? > > > > > > So far we have never released any 64bit windows binary. This is fine, > > > since > > > 64bit windows can execute 32bit binaries, and nobody complained yet about > > > LyX hitting the 32bit memory limit (around 3.5 GB on windows). I would > > > not > > > switch to 64bit at this time, since this can introduce subtle bugs > > > (unfortunately the 64 C++ memory model differs on linux and windows, e.g. > > > long is 64bit on linux but 32bit on windows, so the fact that we have > > > working 64bit linux builds does not guarantee us working windows 64bit > > > builds). > > > > I see. Thanks for the explanation. I agree we should not switch now. > > > > Scott > > Another question for Uwe. Can you still reproduce these two tickets? > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9892 > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9900 > That is part of the reason why I am curious about Qt 5.6.0beta1. Maybe > it makes those issues go away. > > Scott
I have gone through this thread and tried to make a summary of the questions and discussion for Uwe. Please add more questions if you have any or edit my misinterpretation of the question/comment. The following letters refer to the person that asked the question. G=Georg R=Richard S=Scott S1. Would it be reasonable to build beta1 installers with both Qt 5.5.1 and 5.6.0beta1? S2. Can you make the installers from *only* the tar ball (and not use the git directory at all)? Note that if there is a technical reason why this is difficult if you ask on the list I am guessing someone can help. S3. Richard has been committing updates to po files. Can you confirm that all translation updates we have received have been merged? Has anyone emailed updates to you privately? R4. Do we also want to try releasing an installer built with mingw? (G response: IMO, we only need to release one installer. The mingw and MSVC builds behave exactly the same (modulo bugs). So the question is rather whether we do trust MSVC or mingw, and who does the build: If it is Uwe, it will be MSVC, otherwise it will probably be mingw. G5. Not a question but a prerequisite IMHO: The 2.2.0 release should also build the prerequisite from the sources Peter added, using exactly the same compiler as is used to build LyX. S6. Can you still reproduce these two tickets? http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9892 http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9900 If so, do you think they are beta blockers? That is part of the reason why I am curious about Qt 5.6.0beta1 (see question S1). Maybe it makes those issues go away somehow. Scott
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