On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 3:16 PM Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Partly because there exist more than 2 architectures (think:
RV64G/RV64GC/RV128G, ARMv5/6/7/8, or less esoterically, having various
CPU features like SSE or AVX compiled in and out). Partly because
there will be fewer differences between Fedora & Debian/Ubuntu which
means less friction and more chance of a random proprietary binary
simply working.
Rich.
Random proprietary binaries do not, by definition, simply work. Proprietary binaries work *if* the proprietor has *tested* them on the specific distro and architecture. This isn't a game of chance, this is a software engineering effort, hopefully with a payoff of some kind for the proprietor and the platform vendor.
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