[GRASS-user] question to the community: winGRASS - still a need for 32bit versions?

[Paulo van Breugel]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:12 PM Helmut Kudrnovsky <hellik at web.de> wrote:
>
> Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote
> > Hi GRASS community,
> >
> > as stated e.g. in:
> >
> > ################
> > [GRASS-dev] [release planning] GRASS GIS 7.8.2
> > https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2019-December/093846.html
> > ##
> > ne 8. 12. 2019 v 0:33 odesílatel napsal:
> >> winGRASS 7.8.2RC2 64bit is available for testing in OSGeo4W 64bit when
> >> the
> >> experimental/testing tick is activated.
> >
> > also 32bit package available for testing and standalone installers [1].
> >
> > [1] https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/binary/mswindows/native/
> > ################
> >
> > we're providing winGRASS in 32bit and 64bit versions (OSGeo4W and
> > standalone).
> >
> > nowadays 64bit windows operating systems (e.g. win 10) are very common;
> > most
> > of the personal computer assembled after 2010 are 64bit systems. linux
> > distributions start to phase out 32bit support. [1] [2] [3] [4]
> >
> > a question to our winGRASS community: is there still a need for 32bit
> > versions of winGRASS?
> >
> > [1] https://itsfoss.com/end-of-32-bit-linux/
> > [2]
> > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Drops-32-bit-x86
> > [3]
> > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenMandriva-Dropping-32-Plans
> > [4]
> > https://www.pcworld.com/article/3089509/end-of-an-era-linux-distributions-will-soon-stop-supporting-32-bit-pcs.html
>
> nobody claims a need for a 32bit winGRASS? really?
>
> do we need winGRASS at all? ;-)

Yes!

>
> if no objections will pop up in the next days, I'll propose  to the GRASS
> PSC (project steering commitee):
>
> * phasing out winGRASS 32bit support by middle next year (2020 July 31)*
>
> reasoning for this proposal:
>
> - 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
>
> comments are welcome :-)

Not a developer, but I think this is a reasonable proposal

>
>
>
>
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> Helmut
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