[PATCH 2/5] winecfg: Bring back 32-bit Windows versions for 64-bit WINEPREFIXES

[Nikolay Sivov]

On 11.01.2015 14:31, Ken Sharp wrote:
>
>
> On 11/01/15 11:16, Nikolay Sivov wrote:
>> On 10.01.2015 21:27, Ken Sharp wrote:
>>> winecfg: Bring back 32-bit Windows versions for 64-bit WINEPREFIXES
>>>
>>> Having a 64-bit WINEPREFIX shouldn't exclude you from selecting 32-bit
>>> versions of Windows.
>>
>> Yes, it should. There's no such thing as 64 bit win2k or winme.
>>
>
> And there's no such thing as 32-bit in Windows 2.0. I shouldn't have to
> create separate WINEPREFIXES just so I can choose between 32-bit and
> 64-bit Windows versions for my applications.

Yes, you should. Same way as you have to choose Windows 7 arch you want 
to install. You have to understand that using 64 bit prefix is not only 
about filtering Windows version combobox.

> How is this going to be
> handled for ARM?

What's so different about it?

> Isn't 400 MB for a single WINEPREFIX enough?

It needs what it needs. If you want to run 1 MB application you could 
see it as a huge number, if you install any relatively modern game - 
it's nothing.

>
> Wine already handles 32-/64-bit, there's no need to deny users access to
> Windows 2000 just because they've installed Wine using the default
> settings on the 64-bit machines.

There's no such thing as Windows 2000 64 bits, applications should not 
be forced to run in environment that can't be possibly tested on real 
Windows.