[haiku-development] Re: UI discussion (was "WebPositive misleading tool tip on new tab")
- From: Rene Gollent <anevilyak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 22:51:42 -0500
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Justin Stressman <jstressman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is there any reason why the 64-bit stuff can't be added into the gcc4h
> builds right now? Since these two seem like they're a foregone
> conclusion for both being part of the next official builds.
64-bit support isn't an add-on, it's an entirely separate build of the
OS; it's not something that can simply be bolted on. As such, there's
also currently no compatibility between it and 32-bit Haiku. It would
eventually be possible to allow 32-bit apps to run on it via
compatibility shims but that's a not entirely trivial chunk of work
that hasn't yet been done. Furthermore, a good number of apps and
drivers haven't yet been made 64-bit safe so those images are somewhat
reduced in capability compared to 32-bit Haiku anyways. Thus they're
currently not that interesting to anyone other than developers wanting
to ensure their code is also 64-bit safe.
Regards,
Rene
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