Mozilla Dropping 64-Bit Windows Nightly Builds For Now

[wraggster]

Plans for 64-bit Firefox for Windows have been put on hold (http://paritynews.com/software/item/487-mozilla-to-drop-64-bit-firefox-for-windows-nightly-builds) by Mozilla in a bid to concentrate more on the 32-bit version. Eliminating the 64-bit nightly builds was proposed by Benjamin Smedberg (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/jpX_z5zieD4/PpANj6GDoRYJ), a Firefox developer, last week. Some of the reasons Smedberg cited include missing plugins for 64-bit version; lack of windowproc hooking which facilitates smooth functioning of whatever plugins are available; and the inability to work on the crash reports submitted for the 64-bit versions because they were not on high priority. The proposal, it seems, has been accepted as is evident from this bug report (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=814009)."The bug tracking system seems unable to differentiate between 64-bit and 32-bit builds, causing a few issues since Windows 64-bit builds are much buggier. They also intend to reintroduce 64-bit Windows nightlies some time next year.

http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/11/23/158248/mozilla-dropping-64-bit-windows-nightly-builds-for-now