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

Austin English austinenglish at gmail.com
Wed Dec 23 19:57:21 CST 2015


On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Kyle Auble <kyle.auble at zoho.com> wrote:
> On 12/23/2015 05:14 PM, Austin English wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Alexandre Julliard <julliard at winehq.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I've updated http://wiki.winehq.org/AMD64 (which is what
>>>> http://wiki.winehq.org/Wine64 redirects to) and
>>>> http://wiki.winehq.org/BuildingWine (which is what
>>>> http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit redirects to)..
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>> I feel like the AMD64 page should be renamed to Wine64 (since it also
>>>> applies to at least aarch64)..
>>>
>>> Agreed.
>>
>> So I just tried, but I get an error:
>> A page with the name 'Wine64' already exists. Try a different name.
>>
>> presumably that refers to the redirect, but I'm not sure where that's
>> configured. Perhaps someone else has an idea.
>>
> Since I setup the redirects earlier this summer, I remember moinmoin's
> quirks and can take care of this very quickly tonight.

Great, thanks.

> My only question is do you all want to move the "AMD64" page back to
> "Wine64" wholesale, or should I leave the "AMD64" page and just copy all the
> text over to "Wine64" for everyone to edit how they want? My logic in making
> the "AMD64" page in the first place was that it would eventually just become
> development notes (especially for OS-es besides Linux) and troubleshooting
> for that architecture. That's why I didn't bother with anything like an
> "x86" page.
>
> I pictured user-facing stuff and basic instructions going in other docs or
> main wiki-pages, but if the readme is going to link regularly to the wiki, I
> can definitely see the value in a "Wine64" page. Does everyone want to dump
> the "AMD64" page for notes too though?

I don't see the harm in having AMD64 specific information on an AMD64
page, with it linking/referencing Wine64.

I'm more concerned with having a Wine64 page that is useful for packagers/users.

-- 
-Austin



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