Re: Proposal: Rethink Fedora multilib support

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On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 11:58:06 -0600
Dennis Gilmore <dennis@xxxxxxxx> 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

exactly, such solution should deliver the same user experience


		Dan
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