Re: I think we should stop building i686 packages we're not shipping

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On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 12:14 PM Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> * Matthew Miller:
>
> > This is an off-shoot thought of the 32-bit ARM conversation. Right now, we
> > build stuff like libreoffice for i686, but then (mostly) don't ship it.
> > This seems like a waste of resources and time.
> >
> > I know it's somewhat complicated (for example, there's actually a library
> > package in libreoffice, libreofficekit, so that gets plucked in to
> > multilib), and there's quite a lot to work out, but ... does this seem like
> > a good intended direction?
> >
> > One immediate way to do this is to start adding `ExcludeArch: i686` to
> > "leaf" packages (I mean: to allow / encourage people to do that). But I
> > don't want to add _more_ cruft to the standard minimal spec file, so this
> > seems like the wrong direction. And I still think we want to keep multilib
> > for compatibility (hello, old games!). Could we do something clever in koji
> > instead?
>
> Is really a good use of our time to maintain these exclusion lists?
>
> We could selectively disable LTO on i686 (on other more challenging
> stuff, if there is any).  But thinking about whether something should be
> built on i686 seems like a distraction.
>

While it might take a good bit of time to sit down and figure out
exactly what is *useful* from a multilib standpoint, I don't think
that is necessary at this time. It really could be simplified to "do I
build a library or not?". if the package ships a library, keep
building it for i686, if not, you can disable it.  It isn't an optimal
solution, but it would probably cut down considerably on build time,
and resource usage.

Justin
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