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On Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:03:41 +0200 re-cy...@hushmail.com wrote: >On Sat, 05 Sep 2015 23:48:06 +0200 "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 ? >> > >I've had a lot of annoyance with multiple installs in Windows so >I'm chiming in: > >I'd much rather have #1, with Gavin's suggestion of the appending >term be "x64" or "(x64)". > >It would be pretty great if the appended name would only appear if >the other type (or even another version) was discovered at >install. >Otherwise left unappended. > >In other words, plain naming for when it will be the only version >on the machine, but if the installer discovers another version the >newer install gets its shortcuts appended. > >Further, the possibility to add a suffix to the preexisting >install >as well would be good, and make even more intuitive sense. > >~RAWRR > >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------ >- >>----------- >>_______________________________________________ >>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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 3.0 Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify wpwEAQMCAAYFAlXt8nYACgkQzo/Gj4mkNMwKKgQAhPVJfkoOy7zjRxUUqDNYpT8S231S c94mGuFcFq1v4vAHMa2ePx6v7TurC4+wBdlrjKB7nNse6BHYwVHdzUpm9UUfpEYwrnpf Poe8ILU43J0jplzXS3ni4siiCy4F1vcc9WX3fu1gCIDv/CgqJiw1eIGr4J2/w1aKP8H4 BjbCfws= =WsGL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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
