Please let us consider this discussion closed unless there is critical new information which needs to be presented. Given the existing information, I have decided to proceed with disabling windows 64-bit nightly and hourly builds. Thank you to everyone who participated in this thread. Users can still run 32-bit Firefox on 64-bit Windows.Īlthough originally willing to shelve the idea for a time if it proved controversial, Smedberg later, well, shelved that idea: In addition, Smedberg argues that this causes users to feel 'second class,' and crash reports between 32-bit and 64-bit versions are difficult to distinguish between for the stability team. Mozilla engineering manager Benjamin Smedberg has asked developers to stop nightly builds for Firefox versions optimized to run on 64-bit versions of Windows.Ī developer thread posted on the Google Groups discussion board, titled 'Turning off win64 builds' by Smedberg proposed the move.Ĭlaiming that 64-bit Firefox is a 'constant source of misunderstanding and frustration,' the engineer wrote that the builds often crash, many plugins are not available in 64-bit versions, and hangs are more common due to a lack of coding which causes plugins to function incorrectly.

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