Bug 44123

Summary:	About dialog doesn't show bit-ness (64-bit, 32-bit) of the LO build
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Ihar Filipau <thephilips>
Component:	LibreOffice	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	d.ostrovsky, heiko.tietze, xiscofauli
Priority:	low
Version:	Inherited From OOo
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61824 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69455
Whiteboard:	target:4.5.0
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Bug Depends on:	58663, 61683
Bug Blocks:	103202

Description Ihar Filipau 2011-12-24 06:17:02 UTC

About dialog doesn't show bit-ness - 64-bit, 32-bit - of the LO build.

I gather for Linux it is not so important: most distros are now either fully 64bit or fully 32bit (as OSS software goes). 

Mac OS X doesn't seem to have 64-bit builds at the moment.

But on Windows, finding bitness of the version installed is bit tricky otherwise. At least I found only one, tricky way. One need to find the LO (aka soffice.exe) in the Task Manager window (which to my knowledge isn't the most end-user friendly tool) and see the bit-ness from there: on 64-bit Windows, 32-bit processes are marked with '*32' suffix.

Comment 1 Gerry 2013-03-02 11:32:21 UTC

Since there is currently no 64-Bit version for Mac and Windows, this enhancement request depends on bug 58663 and bug 61683.

Thanks for reporting this bug!

Comment 2 Don't use this account, use tml@iki.fi 2013-08-08 11:33:51 UTC

Why would it *need* to show? Those that actually understand what bitness means know how to find it (as you described for Windows).

Comment 3 retired 2014-05-07 12:59:26 UTC

iTunes does show 64-bit info. And turn the question around: if an About window exists, why not display info about the software at hand?

Still valid for 4.2.4.2.

Comment 4 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2015-01-25 05:58:51 UTC

This commit http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=bbde245ababf33ac704df116557e4849cc520df8 adds the suffix “(x64)” for the new 64-bit builds for Windows.

Comment 5 Xisco Faulí 2016-09-15 22:01:54 UTC

Hello,
Is this bug fixed?
If so, could you please close it as RESOLVED FIXED?

Comment 6 DavidO 2016-09-18 12:08:41 UTC

I've added bit-ness information to About dialog on Windows 64bit build only. Not sure if it should also be added for Linux build as well.

Comment 7 Rene Engelhard 2020-04-21 14:01:07 UTC

> I gather for Linux it is not so important: most distros are now either fully 64bit or fully 32bit (as OSS software goes). 

Or 31 bit.

(S/390)

Comment 8 Heiko Tietze 2020-05-05 06:32:15 UTC

Xisco, is this a needed information anymore? It could be included into the clipboard info, not the UI, but I doubt 32bit is used much these days.

And since we have x86 or x64 on Windows, see c4, I'd rather resolve the issue.