RE: 32bit application can be installed under 64bit Windows 7

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulrich Eckhardt [mailto:eckhardt_at_satorlaser.com]
>
> Well, not everyone is even aware of the differences between
> 32 and 64 bit. I wouldn't know it myself if I wasn't reading
> this list. Further, while I develop software on MS Windows,
> some TSVN users here don't, they just use it for versioning
> of arbitrary files.

That's why I suggested bundling both 32bit and 64bit versions into the
64bit installer, or having the one installer know enough to do that for
you. But that idea got shot down. Until there are 64bit versions of
every app, we will continue to have this awkward behavior. I guess you
can blame MS if you want. There's no concept of a fat binary for
Windows, which is the approach Mac used to 64bit enable all their
applications and transition from Motorolla to Intel processors.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of software that would require hefty
modifications to work with 64bits--mostly in pointer arithmetic
routines.

> How about these messages displayed by the installer:
>
> Installing 64-bit on 64-bit system:
> | This is the 64-bit version of TortoiseSVN
> |
> | Note that if you want to use TortoiseSVN from installed 32-bit
> | applications, you will have to aditionally install the
> 32-bit version.
>
> Installing 32-bit on 64-bit system:
> | This is the 32-bit version of TortoiseSVN
> |
> | Note that this version is only used by other 32-bit applications,
> | which are not the default. That means that you have to install the
> | 64-bit version, too, if you want the icons and context menu
> in the Explorer.

Honestly, this would be more confusing. Even more so if it showed the
NOTE when the other version was already installed.

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Received on 2010-10-26 17:42:01 CEST