Definitely number one. Appending "x64" or something similar is the standard method of handling this.
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015, 2:49 PM Sébastien Blaisot <mi...@blaisot.org> wrote: > Le 02/09/2015 08:38, Daniel Schürmann a écrit : > > 3. IMHO it is nothing wrong to install a 32 binary to a 64 bit Windows. > > So It should be possible to keep a degree of freedom in case of issues. > > However, we should encourage the user to use 64 bit binaries, since > > there should be a performance gain. It supports atomic access to the > > control objects and has core SSE instructions. > > ok, I modified the installer to allow 32 bits installation on a 64 bits > machine but print a warning message to the user that he will have better > performances using the 64bits version. > > I now have a conflict when installing both 32 and 64bits packages on the > same machine because they install : > - same Mixxx startup menu shortcut > - same Mixxx desktop shortcut > - same Mixxx manual startup menu shortcut > - same Mixxx startup menu subfolder > - same uninstall entry in preferences->program uninstall > > > I have 2 ways to deal with this : > > 1) always append (64 bits) on 64bits shortcuts, directory and uninstall > entry. I think this is a nonsense for 64 bits users that do not want to > install 32bit version > > 2) forbid 64 bits installation if 32bits version is already installed > and vice-versa. This will lead to the impossibility to install woth 32 > and 64 bits versions of Mixxx on the same computer. > > My preference goes to #2 because I don't see any use case to have both > 32 and 64 bits installed on the same computer, except for a developper > that can tweak his registry to allow this to happen. > > Any thoughts ? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today > http://mixxx.org > > > Mixxx-devel mailing list > Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel >
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