Re: Let's get a new release out in the next week

On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:05:26 +0000, Nick Morrott wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 at 13:17, Geoff Westcott via xmltv-devel
> <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
> > I think I've fixed the build failures now. (Something else I forgot!)
> 
> That explains why I couldn't push earlier. I'll rebase my other changes on top.
> 
> Is there a reason for the lowercase readme.win32 versus its previous
> name README.win32?

Just to make it stand out less.

 
> In terms of which README content is displayed on the Github docs/
> page, I think that Github is doing a case-insensitive search in the
> docs directory for README files, and the win32 variant searches first.
> If it was removed, (I thtink) the win64 README would be displayed by
> default. Perhaps the 32-bit info could be added to the README.win64
> file to simplify things? Could the README be given a more neutral
> Windows extension? README.win?

Yep that works. And solves the which-one-displayed issue. Nothing in my research suggests there's a way to select from multiple versions, so combining them into a single README.win is probably best. (I just tested this on my fork and a single README.win displays fine.)


> I think Robert's suggestion of automating 32-bit builds is worth
> exploring, if there is a need. It is clearly beneficial for end-users
> to provide up-to-date versions on as many platforms as possible. My
> only question is whether there are users out there in 2023 still
> running 32 bit Windows?

[FX: waves]  Hello!
(although to be fair it's mostly just a VBox host nowadays)

GH Actions only have W64 runners - can the 32-bit Win exe be built on a 64-bit machine?

Cheers,
Geoff