X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:subject:to:references :content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=k1bDt+pA9dJ1elt/WooOznOl9GsiS umafmlVwmPZyEbrJgd4lsugK0UM7RBVbMmjB5LNFKdRjv7RSx6mjINcne0eeIqYo eVBYX2ts1Ogb1UlasLIHoD8LweTBcTgeb7lQ5hPVEQzYDyKM7WnCbtv9PwkFc7iJ omcwnNActLhoyc= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:subject:to:references :content-type; s=default; bh=TsXDZKdYeozpm6EuaeJQWn8nfkM=; b=LYt L/l1yu8i6uSxh0HEvRhRI+B78p8bgCDxrdfybmD9aH2jcOrMYCBxiLBmu0nirlpC 1tuNnhn00O3hEniV5jw2Qwyed8E6a57BUMTdgtao8qMRG19dXTPGoCLZhx3+Wh2G MLVmNWuhys+0l0P5L19kuFvJkQgzPrHGso0L5XUs= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Brian, brian, inglis, Inglis X-HELO: mail-oi0-f43.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:subject:to:references :user-agent; bh=Ui1NpsO1w18XYM+yRRseKwBuu5gBDue/gh6Fm+B6ncU=; b=nteijspVcfZo/yyDxDdQdUpyKhoWtLpXXN55RZt+4hxcka2V5kPLN+0BtYj7lgN7mU vw0+EotkXzLJqv6NuoFOD1M827dwCdS8FwBGtR/1lBpIrvFMDd26nop+2IRAAICjJmBF e8ryBCzSwq5H5xyLL67lIsa9xSTYpbtdMFpPSGX5nn+CVY+N0QOg9JxSvs1wdG89thWx Kjd1RfdfUv1bk0i2ALJtrcKvvC+w5irfsivBPhBiOLnIfExhXvG3r7IgauwHer+uz5oW OwkjTl8OCge7u9/t1yZKgeikZC38FbAiez57cGtSIsjuWsivaLVLjKqL6QYLl2LkPLlj dFZg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJi71bTaOvJTaQcK0x1Nf9n+kranArgQpFHlX7220xREra0sTM8 RO5jYeHQ5kNBkRo8lYI12kzb1w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBoufvcrE2sDE2PpFbBg6Ud8yHlulp3UT0tdORsAL26FRDEoEWqr7ueer5jNeYU4UbQgmtyN50w== X-Received: by 10.202.183.2 with SMTP id h2mr13193068oif.29.1515786042384; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:40:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5a590f39.a2089d0a.1e5fe.8a0b@mx.google.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:40:41 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny Subject: Re: Future of 32-bit distro To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3e65ad8a-3ba1-9e6b-ccb6-afee9a8df9ba AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.1.0 (github.com/svnpenn/tryst) On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:02:18, Brian Inglis wrote: > When the 32 bit toolchain is available under x86_64 for cross builds and > testing this doesnt make sense. at least with Mingw-w64, this is already the case: - mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core: 64-bit tools for building 64-bit EXEs - mingw64-i686-gcc-core: 64-bit tools for building 32-bit EXEs > and Windows X EoLs 32 bit? It could take a long while for US and other > governments and orgs to upgrade all hardware to support 64 bit desktops. no. the end users dont decide this, cygwin maintainers do. govt or whoever may not like it, but if the DLLs dont fit in the address space then that is the start of a losing battle. a situation which will get worse, not better. yes corinna has some creative workarounds, but its a stopgap. i say we should deprecate it now with a warning, then after a year or so officially drop 32-bit support. this doesnt stop people from using cygwin for making 32-bit EXEs as i have shown - it only stops them from running cygwin itself as 32-bit processes. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple