Windows-x86 (32-bit) build is broken. Time to retire it?

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2023-12-06 11:22, Stewart Addison wrote:

>
> I think there's a discussion to be had here regarding 32-bit support 
> in general going forward - I have a specific question about arm32 and 
> whether anyone is actively maintaining that one but perhaps that's a 
> matter for another thread unless anyone wants to jump in and say 
> they'll be keeping arm32 alive in the codebase.

Obviously the glory days of 32-bit support are over. But I'm guessing it 
will be some more time before all 32-bit code can be dropped. So I think 
it is important not to conflate dropping general 32-bit support with the 
more specific case of dropping win32. The former is more about cpu 
support, the latter more about os support.

Arm32 in specific has never had any really active backers; it seems to 
be slowly dying but is apparently still on life-support. Let's keep that 
out of the win32 discussion.

/Magnus