Hi Joan, I totally understand that it's not optimal to run CouchDB on a 32bit OS. Therefore, we have that constraint from our client and we have to deal with it.
I will land a PR soon with instructions. I spent a lot of time to make it work so I hope those instructions could help someone in the future. Regards, Alexis 2018-05-16 14:44 GMT-04:00 Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org>: > Hi Alexis, > > PRs are always welcome! If you're able to make the 32-bit builds work, > we can put that in the repo...but if you're not able to maintain it > long-term, and we get bug reports on it, we reserve the right to > remove the scripts as well ;) > > I get that some people want 32-bit CouchDB to run on legacy machines > and OSes. However.... > > We're not going to be building 32-bit binaries for distribution > through couchdb.apache.org, especially not when many other HW and > SW vendors have announced removal of 32-bit support: > > https://apple.slashdot.org/story/17/06/07/0538233/apple- > to-phase-out-32-bit-mac-apps-starting-in-january-2018 > https://www.networkworld.com/article/3091818/linux/linux- > distros-look-to-drop-32-bit-support.html > https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/nvidia-dropping- > support-for-32-bit-oses-nvidia.2531426/ > https://www.techpowerup.com/221296/amd-preparing-to-drop- > 32-bit-support-for-radeon-drivers > > I am personally in line with Brian Wilson at Backblaze on this one: > > https://www.backblaze.com/blog/64-bit-os-vs-32-bit-os/ > > You can't buy new hardware that won't run 64-bit Windows anymore, and > there is no practical reason to install 32-bit Windows on a machine > capable of running 64-bit Windows. > > Limiting CouchDB to only run in <4GB of RAM severely hamstrings > what it is capable of. We typically see a server using 8-16GB of RAM > in production. I don't want to encourage people to run a CouchDB > that prevents them from making full use of the database just because > it's been compiled with the wrong options. > > </soapbox> > > -Joan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alexis Côté" <ac...@apache.org> > To: dev@couchdb.apache.org > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 11:49:11 AM > Subject: CouchDB 32bit Windows build > > Hi everyone, > > I am currently working to build CouchDB for Windows 32bit. > > I modified few scripts and was wondering if there is any interest to have > that on our couchdb-glazier repository? > > I could either create a new branch for CouchDB 2.X.X 32bit or simply add > the modified files with a _32 suffix. > > Example: shell_32.cmd > > What do you think? > > > Regards, > Alexis >
