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

Austin English austinenglish at gmail.com
Wed Dec 23 21:00:27 CST 2015


On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Kyle Auble <kyle.auble at zoho.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 12/23/2015 06:57 PM, Austin English wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Kyle Auble <kyle.auble at zoho.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
> Done, "Wine64" is back up, but it's pretty sparse. Most of the info on
> "AMD64" was already aimed at developers. Thinking back, I probably moved
> most packager- and (power) user-oriented stuff that isn't in the FAQ to the
> "Shared WoW64" section of the "BuildingWine" page. I'll leave it up to you
> all to fill out the page though.

Great, thanks Kyle!

-- 
-Austin



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