kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am working on a MSVC build chain slowly amongst my ADHD heh.
Though I'm focusing on Win64 builds, Win32 would be trivial. It's just a
measure of how much is it worth it. Microsoft has instituted a complete ban
on 32-bit sales of new PCs a few months ago on their end so wiin32 is
slowly moving towards life support status.

On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 11:31 PM Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 7:31 PM Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ah right, as it stands, the only way to use a new install of msys2 32-bit
>> now is to patch it on startup because the repo keys changed but they no
>> longer update the 32-bit base package
>>
>> See: https://www.msys2.org/news/#2020-06-29-new-packagers
>>
>> But the package versions available on 32-bit are going to begin to
>> diverge from the 64-bit builds
>>
>>
>> There may need to be a decision made about continued 32-bit support for
>> KiCad Windows.
>>
>>
> Unless we push the Windows builds over to Visual Studio, this announcement
> makes our decision for us.  V6 makes a natural transition point for us,
> support-wise as well.
>
> -Seth
>
> --
> [image: KiCad Services Corporation Logo]
> Seth Hillbrand
> *Lead Developer*
> +1-530-302-5483‬ <+12126039372>
> Davis, CA
> www.kipro-pcb.com    info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>


-- 
Mark