Re^3: Migrating from Windows Server 2003

I am far from an expert on this topic, but my understanding (admittedly, just from Wikipedia) is that there is a 64-bit edition as well.

well, originally, windows 2003 has only 32bit edition, and lately Microsoft add a windows 2003 64bit extended edition.

Why?

because of GD, IIRC, the older GD (like 2.5x) only run correctly on windows 5.20, 5.22. he can install the same version GD on windows 2003 to new windows to avoid API changing.

I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

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Re^4: Migrating from Windows Server 2003 by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 20, 2018 at 08:45 UTC
Looks like it's building fine on modern perls. It is also as part of Strawberry Perl by default.	[reply]
Re^5: Migrating from Windows Server 2003 by xiaoyafeng (Deacon) on Jul 20, 2018 at 13:12 UTC
You mean it , is GD 2.68, it seems can be built on most of stable version on windows, but if you choose 2.60, 2.58,etc (below the matrix page) you will see the difference. I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction	[reply]
Re^6: Migrating from Windows Server 2003 by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 20, 2018 at 13:26 UTC
"You mean it" Yes, I specifically linked to the current release. "but if you choose 2.60, 2.58,etc (below the matrix page) you will see the difference." There are zero Windows failures for v2.60, v2.59 has zero failures. v2.58 has no Windows tests at all (likely because 2.57, 2.58, 2.59 and 2.60 were released in rapid succession on the same day). 2.57 has zero failures. The Changes shows significant improvements between releases. Why would you want to recommend an older version? Each non passing test in the matrix needs to be read to find out if the test failure is down to the module, (update: added:) the tests or an issue with the system running the tests.	[reply]
Re^4: Migrating from Windows Server 2003 by haukex (Archbishop) on Jul 20, 2018 at 13:11 UTC
Thanks for the info. It looks like some older versions of GD indeed did have some trouble, at least with their tests. matro made a good point too: Strawberry Perl ships with GD, as far back as 5.8.9.4, with GD 2.44.	[reply]


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