> On Nov 29, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macie...@intel.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> On quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2016 07:15:31 PST Alexander Blasche wrote:
>> The big problem is that there are still plenty of 32bit users because they
>> truly use 32bit platforms or 3rdparty software forces them to do so. Moving
>> to 64 bit excludes users without alternatives. 32 bit does not exclude.
>> Yes, I know this is a chicken and egg problem but right now we have reduced
>> the 32bit package count for 5.9 already. Let's not rush too much.
> 
> Then let's not drop the 32-bit mingw. But we should add the 64-bit one, and 
> if 
> possible to 5.8 too.
> 
>> There are already 11 windows binary types/packages in the current setup and
>> that's too many. I see some opportunity when 2013 drops out in the future.
> 
> How are there 11? There are currently 3 compilers and 2 architectures for 
> desktop Windows, so the maximum number possible is 6.

I think you're forgetting WinRT? Also 2015 x86+x86_64+armv7 + 2013 x86 + 
armv7(phone), making 11.

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