Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[* Neustradamus *]

Dear all,

Thanks for your answers.

Maybe, it was not clear, I have not requested the stopping of x86 support.
I have requested the build for x64 in more (like other softwares).

64-bit processor exists since 1991:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing

The first official Windows x64 was XP Pro.

If there is a bug to generate the x64 release builds, please open a ticket to 
solve it, to have help.

Note that ReactOS which uses Windows release builds.
- https://github.com/reactos/rapps-db/blob/master/gnucash.txt (not recent)

Thanks a lot in advance.

Regards,

Neustradamus


From: gnucash-user  
on behalf of john 
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2024 18:06
To: Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

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)  
> 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)
>>>  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 *
>>>>>  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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[Mike Brady]

A side note: Windows 11 requires a 64-bit processor, but still fully 
supports 32-bit Windows software. The AMD-64 instruction set is an 
extension of Intel's 32-bit instruction set, and runs 32-bit seamlessly 
with proper operating system support, which Windows still has even in 
11. GNC isn't the only 32-bit software out there still running on Win 
11. I have 2 Win11 computers, 1 Win10 (64-bit) computer, and one Win10 
(32-bit, on an Atom-based tablet with only 2GB RAM). I don't run GNC on 
the tablet, so as with others I don't have skin in the game - 32 or 64 
bit executables are fine.


There's always the chance that Windows 12 (due out around the time Win10 
goes out of support) will finally block 32-bit software. I haven't seen 
much speculation about that yet.


Still, a lot of software has moved to 64-bit and retired support of 
32-bit, including such things as Firefox and Thunderbird. The ones that 
haven't most likely will at their next major release point (full version 
upgrade) with 32-bit retained as a static download pf an older version 
for those that might still need it. Moving to 64-bit-only at Version 6 
on the schedule mentioned (2026) seems fine to me, and in fact maintains 
32-bit support longer than Windows releases of many other open source 
software products.


Mike Brady
Lurker

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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[Glenn Fowler]

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 
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  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
> > >> . 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)
> > >>>  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 *
> > >  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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[David Carlson]

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  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
> >> . 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)
> >>>  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 *
> >  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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[john]

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)  
> 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
>> . 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)
>>>  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 *
>  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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

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
> . 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)
>>  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 *
  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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[john]

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. 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)  
> 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 *  
>>> 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,
>>> 
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[Geoff]

Clarification:

Windows 10 end of life is not until 14th October 2025 according to 
Microsoft:


https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro

"Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current 
version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions 
will remain in support with monthly security update releases through 
that date. Existing LTSC releases will continue to receive updates 
beyond that date based on their specific lifecycles."



Windows 11 *itself* is only available as 64 bit, but it does support 32 
bit applications (like GnuCash).



And Windows 12 is looming, but the rumour mills are not predicting any 
major architectural changes: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=windows+12



Geoff
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On 19/01/2024 8:30 am, 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 *  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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[Glenn Fowler]

There is no 32-bit Windows 11 OS but 32-bit programs will still run on the
64-bit Windows 11 OS - the same with Windows 10.

On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 4:30 PM 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 * 
> 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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

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
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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 *  
>> 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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[John Ralls]

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 *  
> 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
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Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[R Losey]

I'm not part of the team, but I am a software engineer, and I've done
conversion to 64-bits. In the best case, it's just a matter of
re-compiling... but that's never worked except for very small programs.
All of the libraries used must have 64-bit versions, and then each call to
the library needs to be checked to verify that call is passing the properly
sized parameters. If there are internal (GnuCash-defined) structures -- and
there almost certainly are -- they all need to be checked to verify that
they aren't going to run into alignment problems. The whole process is
quite a labor-intensive.



On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 5:56 AM * Neustradamus * 
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
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[GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

[* Neustradamus *]

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
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