keybase / keybase/client

Create an arm64 Windows (10) client and installer

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Description

The amd64 Windows msi installer is incompatible with arm64 architecture. It would be wonderful to have an arm64 native client and installer.
I'm happy to help with building and testing.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the existing amd64 Windows client and MSI build entry points, then determine the changes needed for a native arm64 client and installer; done means the client and installer build and run on Windows 10 arm64.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
build-system, desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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