[Bug 47927] New: Is the win32/win64 VM Type distinction redundant with the Missions field

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47927

            Bug ID: 47927
           Summary: Is the win32/win64 VM Type distinction redundant with
                    the Missions field
           Product: Wine-Testbot
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: unknown
          Assignee: wine-bugs at winehq.org
          Reporter: fgouget at codeweavers.com
      Distribution: ---

Currently the TestBot has four types of VMs: build, win32, win64 and wine.

As expected the win32 and win64 VM types respectively correspond to 32 and 64
bit Windows VMs which directly correlates with their intrisic ability to run 32
and 64 bit Windows executables.

In contrast whether a wine VM can (or should) run 32 bit Windows executables,
64 bit ones or both is not indicated by its type. Instead this is determined by
the VM's Missions field. A Wine VM, a NetBSD one for instance, could be able to
run 64 bit executables but not 32 bit ones. Or testing the win32 build could be
done on one VM and testing the wow32 and wow64 one on another to spread the
load.

All VMs have this mission field, including the win32 and win64 VMs, where, like
elsewhere, it will determine whether the TestBot allows running 32 and/or 64
bit executables.

In other words a win64 VM will not run 64 bit executables if exe64 is not in
its Missions. That makes the win32 vs. win64 distinction somewhat redundant. So
maybe the two types should be merged into a single 'windows' VM type. Or maybe
it should be preserved as a way to record what the VM is capable of
independently of the missions currently assigned to it.

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