On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Ben Lisbakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey AniMo -- > Check out this response to 64-bit from Chris: > http://groups.google.com/group/gears-users/browse_thread/thread/4584842dd14a4882/0a2dcc65c70f23e4?lnk=gst&q=Re%3A+64+bit+Linux+support+-chris#0a2dcc65c70f23e4 > Hopefully it makes sense what's happening. > Thanks, > Ben
I just noticed, that post isn't accessible if you're not a member of the gears-eng group, so I've included the message below. On Jun 18, 7:05 pm, "Chris Prince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There have been a lot of questions about 64-bit Linux support in > Gears, so let me try to answer those questions: > > First of all, we don't hate 64-bit users. Really, we don't!! In a > perfect world, we would officially support 64-bit Linux, and every > other platform as well. > > The problem is simply one of resources. For the officially supported > platforms, we do a *lot* of testing before every release. As users > ourselves, we hate poorly tested software. > > So adding 64-bit Linux isn't simply a matter of submitting the patch > (which is something we *will* do). For official support, we would > need to add 64-bit Linux to our test matrix. And that would be a > non-trivial amount of work. > > But all is not lost. :) This is one of the great things about > open-source projects. Anybody in the community can build and host > 64-bit Linux builds of Gears. Scott has done this for 0.3.25.0, and > hopefully he or somebody else will do so for future builds of Gears on > 64-bit Linux. I think this is a great way to get 64-bit Linux support > in the short term. > > I hope that gives a little more insight into the 64-bit Linux situation. > --Chris
