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[Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My point was that if you never used Windows above XP, UAC and PCA could very
well fool you when it comes to installing.  So you should have a basic
understanding of it!
Yes in my understanding the same installer package will work with 32 bit and
64 bit (with the possibility that some file names will be different).
-- Peter

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 23:53, Sergey Petrunya <psergey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:28:33PM +0200, Peter Laursen wrote:
> > 1) Another important point is that the installer should include an
> > Application Manifest for compability with Windows "Program Compatibility
> > Assistant" (PCA) of recent Windows versions. If not recent Windows will
> > popup error messages when installing.
> I would expect something like that to be handled by the installer (in the
> same
> way like it handles, e.g. unpacking files). At the moment we assume that
> MySQL/MariaDB themselves use WinAPI in a way that's compatible with Vista
> (and
> higher).
>
> > 2) What here has been decribed as related to 'Vista' should be 'Vista and
> > higher'.  It also applies to Win2008, Win7 and Win2008r2. Do not forget
> > those. Win7 will be the dominant Windows variant in a few months I
> believe
> > (and it deserves it as it is much better than both XP and Vista). Nobody
> > should develop for Windows on 2K/XP/2003 these days. Get a copy of Win7
> 64
> > bit and use it.
> I'm afraid I'll be using Win7 in the same way I'm using XP (for fixing
> build
> errors) and that alone won't bring any improvement. Are there any specific
> properties or new features that we should look at?
>
> > 3) I can see that quite a lot of comments came here.  I had no time to
> study
> > in detail.  I will try in the weekend.
> > .
> > 4) 64 bit server for Windows will very soon be more important than 32 bit
> > server I think (at least for production environments). Also note that
> MySQL
> > only distribute 'snapshots' from "MySQL labs" as 64 bit.  32 bit Windows
> is
> > dead as regards new systems (with the possible exception of netbooks - I
> do
> > not know if the CPUs used for those are 64 bit or not).
> 64-bit Windows builds are on our todo.
> Am I correct in my understanding that we'll need to produce two installer
> packages (one for 32-bit, one for 64), but installation script will be the
> same for both (like the C++ source code is)?
>
> BR
>  Sergey
> --
> Sergey Petrunia, Software Developer
> Monty Program AB, http://askmonty.org
> Blog: http://s.petrunia.net/blog
>