On 01/05/2017 01:36 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On 5 January 2017 at 13:31, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> You just described a fundamental change to how people would need to >>> build 32-bit applications locally. They don't have to install a >>> VM/chroot to do that today, they would in a containerized multilib >>> solution. I don't think it's fair to claim "Building of software >>> shouldn't be changed at all in most cases" with this proposal. >>> >>> Remember, not all software is built in mock or even as RPMs. End user >>> software developers will be impacted by the removal of existing >>> multilib. >>> >>> josh >> Sadly will we be hearing these same arguments 10 years from now... > Yes. We will. And in 10 years from now the inevitable backlash against > containers because they aren't new and nifty and had all these warts > that come from real life will be in full swing. [This doesn't mean > that containers will go away any more than they were completely new in > the first place but ideas that Multics (and other OS's had) in the > 1960/70's.] This is how software goes. > Well we will be retired at that point, and playing shuffle board. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
