On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Dennis Gilmore <dennis(a)ausil.us> wrote:
On jueves, 5 de enero de 2017 11:03:50 AM CST Stephen Gallagher
wrote:
> # Overview
>
> For many years, Fedora has supported multilib by carrying
> parallel-installable libraries in /usr/lib[64]. This was necessary for a
> very long time in order to support 32-bit applications running on a 64-bit
> deployment. However, in today's new container world, there is a whole new
> option.
>
> I'd like to propose that we consider moving away from our traditional
> approach to multilib in favor of recommending the use of a 32-bit container
> runtime when needed on a 64-bit host.
I am not opposed, however I think we should possibly just have people enable
the 32 bit x86 repo instead of your proposal
Multilib exists on non-x86 architectures. Should this proposal gain
traction, we need to consider the implications to those architectures.
josh