I'll try checking into that.  One possible problem would be for those
who have and need VMWare installed.  In the past VMWare and Hypervisor
(apparently a requirement for WSL) were not compatible and Hypervisor
had to be disabled.  That was about 5 years ago so it might have changed
but certainly not for older versions of Windows 10.  And there we go
again ....

Al

On 02.09.2021 00:26, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> I believe that Windows can run GNU/Linux software now, via WSL. Has
> anyone tried this with PSPP?
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 11:12 PM Quandt, Markus <markus.qua...@gesis.org
> <mailto:markus.qua...@gesis.org>> wrote:
>
>     Al, everyone - just to mention again that I find it really
>     exciting that this exchange is opening up the option of having
>     ready-made Windows binaries again. That would be really great.
>
>     And yes, I agree with the reasoning about the Windows 10 binaries
>     being what is really needed, by 90+ % of the potential users
>     running *any* Windows version. If that is a consideration at all,
>     between those two I would even focus the effort on the x64
>     version, to make it more future-proof, as x32 support seems to
>     start fading away?
>
>     And a huge "thank you" to Harry for the long-time work with the
>     existing Windows binaries.
>
>     Markus
>
>     -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>     Von: Pspp-users
>     <pspp-users-bounces+markus.quandt=gesis....@gnu.org
>     <mailto:gesis....@gnu.org>> Im Auftrag von ajk-eis
>     Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. September 2021 03:20
>     An: pspp-users@gnu.org <mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org>
>     Betreff: Re: PSPPP for windows
>
>     Harry - I find your reasoning noble but do think that when less
>     fortunate are running such old systems (as they no doubt are) they
>     probably would not be updating frequently as long as the
>     installation "works".  IOW an older build (your last?) is probably
>     sufficient.
>
>     Another group are the academic students and classes who normally
>     would have up to date systems be it Windows or Apple (WINE).  They
>     would benefit from the latest builds and IMHO the x86 and x64
>     Windows builds would be entirely sufficient.
>
>     I will probably contact you off group in the next few days if you
>     are comfortable with that.
>
>     Al
>
>     On 01.09.2021 09:59, Harry Thijssen wrote:
>     > reply to several posts in this forum
>     >
>     > Older versions of PSPP for MSwindows are still available on:
>     >   https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/
>     <https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/>
>     > <https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/
>     <https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/>>
>     > I have no intention to remove these versions so I guess they
>     will be
>     > available for a long time. However as pointed out I won't be
>     building
>     > new builds. So the published builds are more and more outdated.
>     >
>     > The reason that there are no new builds is that there is a
>     change in
>     > the PSPP sources witch makes it necessary to refactoring the
>     > procedures to build the MSWindows binary. As I wanted to retire
>     from
>     > the project anyhow it was the natural time to stop with
>     publishing my
>     > builds.
>     >
>     > The decision which MSWindows version to support is off course to
>     the
>     > volunteer who offers his/her spare time to this work. Or the
>     company
>     > who pays for it.
>     > For me it was very important to support less fortunate people.
>     There
>     > are large parts of the world where people can not afford the newest
>     > hardware. Certainly not on schools for education of pupils.
>     There are
>     > lots of computers who have not the power to run a newer version as
>     > MSWindows XP, and to my knowledge some of them run PSPP to teach
>     > pupils the basics of statistics.
>     >
>     > To everybody, feel free to create new MSWindows builds. My
>     procedures
>     > are published so you can take them and use them to get ideas how it
>     > can be done. The latest release is downloaded more as 200.000 times
>     > from sourceforge alone, so there is a demand.
>     >
>     > Stay safe
>     >
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