On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 05:42:53PM +0000, David Stacey wrote: >On 17/03/13 16:45, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> 1) Do you have a 64-bit version of Windows available? >> >> 2) If no, would you be willing to install one? >> >> 3) Are you willing to download the current 64-bit Cygwin and start porting >> your stuff, knowing that there are still bugs? >> >> 4) Or, would you rather wait for 64-bit to be completely stable before >> attempting anything? >> >> 5) Does the existence of two different architectures make you think that >> it is time for you to stop offering the package? >> >> 6) Would you be willing to have another person doing the 64-bit port for >> you? >> >> 7) Are you ok with a 64-bit alpha release being made available which contains >> your packages built by someone else? > >1) No. > >2) Install one - yes, I could do that. Pay for one - well, I'd rather >not have to! Was hoping we could cross-compile.
You certainly could but that would mean that you'd be releasing untested software for 64-bit. Is that something that we want to endorse or should we have some way of validating this. If we could (this is just pie-in-the-sky speculating) drum up funding for a 64-bit version of Windows would you be willing to install it? cgf
