Dropping support of 32-bit build

[1480c1]

Алексей @Alexpux 06:28
I will not provide 32 bit MSYS2-packages anymore since today

from gitter

Starting today, it seems that 32-bit packages will no longer be updated, thus it would be good to be able to drop 32-bit support soon.

Any comments/concerns @wiiaboo and @LigH-de (since you are the only one that I know compiles 32-bit)

[LigH-de]

I read this like there won't be msys32 anymore, but cross-compilation under msys64 may still be possible. That's fine for me as a buffer. But I do see that with the discontinuation of Windows 7, the market for 32-bit code vanishes, and when even cross-compiling is not possible anymore, I shall not cry but let old limits go...

[1480c1]

I think it's more like the current mingw-w64-i686 packages will be frozen at their current state and none of those packages will receive any more updates, maybe not even bugfixes etc, so theoretically, cross-compilation will still be possible, just not supported

[Alexpux]

There are missundestanding. I will not update packages for 32-bit MSYS, not MINGW

[1480c1]

Ahh, I see, nevermind then

[1480c1]

I guess I still need to update to prevent using a msys32 host

[wiiaboo]

That's great news.

[1480c1]

I think it might be fine to reopen this since it might be a good time to revisit the question of dropping 32-bit compilation since currently both of the "official" builds listed on ffmpeg.org (gyan's, BtbN) does not distribute 32-bit builds, and also considering a lot of issues stem from 32-bit, and we have a lot of code specific to 32-bit, I think it might be better to drop it

[1480c1]

I do want to get some other people's opinion on this though, emote with +1 for drop or -1 for no drop I guess, with comments for specific concerns or questions or arguments

[1480c1]

pinging people who recently had issues with 32-bit builds (thus the only people I know who actually compile 32-bit, not for testing)

@Rollinnn
@pat357
@kenichi512
@jlw4049
@Barough

[LigH-de]

I do compile for both targets as long as it is supported, knowing that a few people enjoy me still providing 32-bit builds now and then, where available. But I won't be the "last hope" for those. Might abstain from voting... not sure yet.

[GyanD]

I've only had one request so far for 32-bit builds.

If someone is ready to build a redistributable 32-bit build once whenever a micro (or greater) release occurs, I would be willing to host it.

[dloneranger]

32bit dlls are still used for virtualdub's ffmpeg plugin - it's downloaded quite a lot