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
incidents, either. Perhaps this is an exception to the rule "people
don't read what is written on a webpage" :).
On top of that, as 32b it phased out by retail, it is likely
that anybody who still requires 32b will have the intelligence
to follow a separate link to 32b installers.
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-bit operating systems to be upgradeable too.
I suggest that for OpenVPN 2.4* releases we emphasize the 64-bit
installer links. For example:
Source tarball (gzip) openvpn-2.4.0.tar.gz GPG sig
Source tarball (xz) openvpn-2.4.0.tar.xz GPG sig
Source zip openvpn-2.4.0.zip GPG sig
Installer (64-bit) openvpn-install-2.4.0-I601-x64_64.exe GPG sig
A 32-bit installer is available (<- link). You should only use it on
32-bit systems.
... followed by the rest of the release notes/comments...
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Samuli Seppänen
Community Manager
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc
irc freenode net: mattock
