[GRASS-PSC] proposal: winGRASS 32bit versions - phasing out in 2020

["Peter Löwe"]

Helmut, all,

was the announcement of the discontinuation of winGRASS 32bit communicated via the OSGeo-announce list (or similar) ?

If that has been the case (and there was no feedback) I'd propose to discontinue winGRASS 32bit by July 31 2020, as was announced (documentation about the build process should be preserved, for the case that winGRASS 32bit builds might be needed in the future).

Otherwise I'd advise another announcement in the OSGeo-announce list (mentioning the July 31 deadline).

Cheers from Potsdam,
Peter

<peter.loewe at gmx.de>


> Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. April 2020 um 21:30 Uhr
> Von: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <hellik at web.de>
> An: grass-psc at lists.osgeo.org
> Betreff: Re: [GRASS-PSC] proposal: winGRASS 32bit versions - phasing out in 2020
>
> Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote
> > dear GRASS PSC,
> >
> > a few days ago, I've asked in the GRASS user ML following question [1]:
> >
> > *winGRASS - still a need for 32bit versions?*
> >
> > reasoning:
> >
> > - 64bit computer architecture and 64bit windows operating systems are very
> > common
> > - 32bit computer architecture and 32bit windows operating systems will
> > find
> > their EOL
> >
> > and the important reasons:
> >
> > - reduce the high maintenance burden to keep 2 build environments of
> > winGRASS (32bit, 64bit) alive
> > - facilitate to find possible (automatic) alternatives of winGRASS build
> > environments beside the actual MSYS2/OSGeo4W workflow
> >
> > so far, no feedback by the community that there is still a need for a
> > winGRASS 32bit version.
> >
> > thus I propose:
> >
> > * phasing out of winGRASS 32bit versions in 2020
> > * communicate early and communicate often ;-) about this phasing out
> >
> > in my original post, I've suggested  'middle next year (2020 July 31)'
> >
> > it can be discussed if it should happen at middle next year (2020 July 31)
> > or end of year 2020; though IMHO it should happen... ;-)
> >
> > any feedback? any suggestions?
> >
> > [1]
> > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/winGRASS-still-a-need-for-32bit-versions-td5424586.html
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > best regards
> > Helmut
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> Coming back to this? Any opinions? Any suggestions?
>
> Citing here https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/627#comment:3
>
> ------------
>
> The current idea is to switch to 5.14 and use the occasion to upgrade
> compilers and drop 32bit (according to the latest qgis survey only 7% of the
> participants still use it).
> ------------
>
> I still think we should phase out wingrass 32bit  in 2020 ;-)  .... and
> should announce it earlier than later.
>
>
>
>
> -----
> best regards
> Helmut
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