On 17 March 2013 13:45, Christopher Faylor wrote: > You certainly could but that would mean that you'd be releasing untested > software for 64-bit. Is that something that we want to endorse or should > we have some way of validating this.
This brings up an interesting point, in that I don't have access to a 64-bit machine to validate any packages I maintain. Would running a 64-bit version of Windows in VM (i.e. virtualbox) be acceptable? Having a cross-compiler would be a definite plus because I've found VMs to be incredibly slow, so it would be fine for validating but I wouldn't want to compile in a VM. > If we could (this is just pie-in-the-sky speculating) drum up funding > for a 64-bit version of Windows would you be willing to install it? I also lack a 64-bit Windows OS, but I believe you can download a time limited trial of Windows8 in 64-bit? Chris -- Chris Sutcliffe http://emergedesktop.org http://www.google.com/profiles/ir0nh34d
