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

[Helmut Kudrnovsky]

Hi PSC members,


Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote
> Martin Landa wrote
>> Hi Helmut,
>> 
>> pá 1. 5. 2020 v 22:16 odesílatel Helmut Kudrnovsky <
> 
>> hellik@
> 
>> > napsal:
>>> not yet, as I think there should be a PSC descision/discussion before
>>> such a
>>> far-reaching action. :-)
>> 
>> thanks for raising this issue. I agree that we should drop 32bit at
>> certain point. The question is when. I would personally do this step
>> together with QGIS community. Are you aware of any QGIS plans?
> 
> I'm not aware of any QGIS plan yet. I'll ask on the QGIS dev-ML in the
> next
> days.
> 
> related:
> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/rip-microsoft-to-drop-support-for-windows-10-on-32-bit-systems/
> 
> "Microsoft to drop support for Windows 10 on 32-bit systems":
> 
> Microsoft has stated that future versions of Windows 10, starting with the
> May 2020 Update, will no longer be available as 32-bit builds on new OEM
> computers.
> 
> all in all a good moment to phase out winGRASS 32bit versions.


see https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2021-February/082242.html

[...]
In OSGeo4W there has lately been a big effort to reboot it, meaning that it
has 
been completely rebuilt using newer source versions of mostly every package 
using a newer compiler.
[...]
As the new OSGeo4W only supports
64bit
[...]

so it's time now (without a phasing out :-) ) to say good bye and retire
winGRASS 32bit too.

an announcement to the community needed?



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Helmut
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