[epp-dev] Can we drop 32bit EPP Packages?

[Patrick Bänziger <Patrick.Baenziger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

 

We in the Scout project recently debated whether we should continue supporting (read: build and test) for 32bit architectures.

As far as we can see, all EPP Packages also have a 32bit version built (except for Mac OS X) and we did not yet find an option to configure otherwise.

 

Our reasoning is that with all the OS and Java versions we do test, the test matrix is getting very large and hard to cover. And second, of all customers and other users we know, none of them has a 32bit system.

 

We do not know if it is required to build or support the 32bit architectures  (the SimRel Requirements [1] are not clear on that) and would like to ask for your input.

 

·         Is it allowed for a project to only provide 64bit packages?

·         Can we configure this?

 

And maybe a follow-up question:

·         Should maybe the 64bit packages be the default on the download page – and the 32bit only if the user explicitly selects it?
(Ubuntu, for example, shows the architecture in a drop down box with 64bit being the default, labeled “recommended”)

 

 

Regards,

Patrick

 

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