Re: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers

2016-03-03 Thread ValdikSS
On 02/17/2016 06:16 PM, Samuli Seppänen wrote: > I don't think there are many (any?) 32-bit Windows operating systems > being bundled with new computers. The reason why Microsoft backpedaled > on dropping 32-bit support in Windows 10 seemed to be their free upgrade > program: they wanted the 32-

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers

2016-02-17 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 04:31:09PM +0200, Samuli Seppänen wrote: > Yes, that is big part of the appeal. Plus the results of the > installations would be more consistent: > > - Registry keys would always be in the main registry > - OpenVPN always under "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN" (unless custo

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers

2016-02-17 Thread Samuli Seppänen
Hi, In 4 years I have not seen a single complaint on the forum nor can remember a single complaint on the mailing list referring to downloading the wrong bitness installer. Or that the download page is misleading in this way. This is actually rather surprising. That said, I can't recall any i

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers

2016-02-17 Thread debbie10t
- Original Message - From: "Arne Schwabe" To: ; ; "Samuli Seppänen" Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers Am 17.02.16 um 14:37 schrieb debbie...@gmail.com: I would sa

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers

2016-02-17 Thread Samuli Seppänen
Am 17.02.16 um 14:37 schrieb debbie...@gmail.com: I would say option 3 is better .. doubling the installer size for 32bit seems like bloat! to me plus .. why do all that extra work for something that will have diminishing value ? A combined installer will need less support because people do not

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers

2016-02-17 Thread Arne Schwabe
Am 17.02.16 um 14:37 schrieb debbie...@gmail.com: > I would say option 3 is better .. > doubling the installer size for 32bit seems like bloat! to me > plus .. why do all that extra work for something that will have > diminishing value ? > A combined installer will need less support because peopl

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers

2016-02-17 Thread debbie10t
PM Subject: [Openvpn-devel] Handling bitness (32/64) for OpenVPN Windowsinstallers Hi, We currently produce four installers per OpenVPN 2.3.x release: - 64-bit for Windows Vista+ - 32-bit for Windows vista+ - 64-bit for Windows XP - 32-bit for Windows XP The latter two will be dropped in OpenVPN