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| 2 | = !MapGuide RFC 166 - Drop 32-bit builds for Windows = |
| 3 | |
| 4 | This page contains a change request (RFC) for the !MapGuide Open Source project. |
| 5 | More !MapGuide RFCs can be found on the [wiki:MapGuideRfcs RFCs] page. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | == Status == |
| 8 | |
| 9 | ||RFC Template Version||(1.0)|| |
| 10 | ||Submission Date||9 Feb 2018|| |
| 11 | ||Last Modified|||| |
| 12 | ||Author||Jackie Ng|| |
| 13 | ||RFC Status||draft|| |
| 14 | ||Implementation Status||pending|| |
| 15 | ||Proposed Milestone||3.3|| |
| 16 | ||Assigned PSC guide(s)||(when determined)|| |
| 17 | ||'''Voting History'''||(vote date)|| |
| 18 | ||+1|||| |
| 19 | ||+0|||| |
| 20 | ||-0|||| |
| 21 | ||-1|||| |
| 22 | ||no vote|||| |
| 23 | |
| 24 | == Overview == |
| 25 | |
| 26 | This RFC proposes to drop 32-bit builds for Windows for the next major release of MapGuide Open Source. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | == Motivation == |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Most computers today run on 64-bit operating systems. All Windows Servers today (that one would deploy MapGuide into a production window environment) are only available in 64-bit only. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Given these factors, there is very little reason to keep releasing builds of MapGuide Open Source for 32-bit windows. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | == Proposed Solution == |
| 35 | |
| 36 | For MapGuide Open Source 3.3, we will only release an installer and InstantSetup bundle for 64-bit Windows only. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | We will remove all related 32-bit installation artifacts from the windows installer project. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | == Implications == |
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| 42 | This only affects the Windows builds. For Linux, we will still produce 32-bit and 64-bit releases as MapGuide on 64-bit Linux still needs more battle testing before we at a level of confidence where we can drop 32-bit releases for Linux as well. |
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| 44 | We will still produce 32-bit windows releases for any future MapGuide Open Source 3.1.x releases |
| 45 | |
| 46 | == Test Plan == |
| 47 | |
| 48 | N/A |
| 49 | |
| 50 | == Funding / Resources == |
| 51 | |
| 52 | Community |