[Qgis-developer] Poll about Windows Version

[Kari Salovaara]

Hi,

QGIS is used by many environmental NGOs. Their work is most of the time 
based on voluntary work. These volunteers have quite often older 
machines -> 32bit.
If 32bit is abandoned will QGIS community lose hundreds or thousands of 
users. The counter how many units (QGIS applications) has been 
downloaded does not show all these installations where only one package 
has been downloaded but installed into ten computers !
Even if the summer is hot You should be calm when doing assessment when 
to drop 32bit out of games.

Best regards,
Kari

On 05.07.2013 11:21, Régis Haubourg wrote:
> Hi,
> I could support a part of the work for a 64 bit version if needed.
>   That would be very much usefull for 2.0 here here. Last discussions I
> remember on 64 bits version said that Jef was taking charge of it. Since we
> have not seen any clear call for funding, funders probably didn't show up.
> Please confirm and help us estimate the needs.
>
>
> Anyway, I think that we must not abandon 32 bit packages since many users
> still have old machines. QGis seems to grow as a tool used in poor
> countries, for developpement projects, even if we don't have much feedback
> of that. Cutting some of them because of incompatible hardware could be very
> bad publicity.
>
> régis
>
-- 
Kari Salovaara
Hanko, Finland

"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart." ~Elizabeth Andrew