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

[Eric Bresie]

Just curious if anyone has any visibility as to how widely 32-bit windows
may still be in use?
I’d imagine there could still be a lot of older systems (and maybe some
embedded case) with 32bit windows still in use which the removal risks some
possible bad vibes for that user base.

Although I guess if they’re not updating to newer Windows (and hardware),
they may not be upgrading Java without 32bit Windows support either.

On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 5:38 AM Magnus Ihse Bursie <
magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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