README: add a note about 64-bit Wine and 32-bit apps (try 2)

[Alexandre Julliard]

Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:14 AM, Alexandre Julliard <julliard at winehq.org> wrote:
>> Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> @@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ Optional support libraries:
>>>    to make sure to install the 32-bit versions of these libraries; see
>>>    http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit for details. If you want a true
>>>    64-bit Wine (or a mixed 32-bit and 64-bit Wine setup), see
>>> -  http://wiki.winehq.org/Wine64 for details.
>>> +  http://wiki.winehq.org/Wine64 for details. Note that a 64-bit Wine
>>> +  build will not run 32-bit applications (which many 64-bit applications
>>> +  include and rely upon) without also building 32-bit Wine.
>>
>> I think this should go on the mentioned wiki page instead, preferably
>> with a big warning sign.
>>
>> --
>> Alexandre Julliard
>> julliard at winehq.org
>
> Why not both? If we're redirecting everyone to the wiki we could
> arguably replace the entire README with a link to
> http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ. I'm not opposed to putting it on the wiki,
> but given how often this comes up in #winehq, I don't think putting it
> in the wiki alone will make a huge amount of difference.

In fact, most of the README is already links to the wiki, and that's how
it should be. I don't see a reason to single out that specific problem
given that we don't even explain how to build 64-bit in the first place.

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Alexandre Julliard
julliard at winehq.org