Hello,
  Multiarch gives the ability to store libraries in the main root lib
directories from different architectures and this allows applications to
co-exist on the same system.  Some applications are compiled for amd64
while others are for i386 and perhaps x32.  This could have been done using
chroots and for a long time prior to Multiarch it was.  The problems of,
what happens when a i386 app loads a library for amd64 were handled.

Now we've a similar situation for releases and even distributions.  We can
run multiple releases using a chroot for each, but perhaps this system can
be improved on.  Along comes the idea of supporting Multirelease.
 Certainly there is a lot to work out and I'm sure there will be plenty of
ideas and good solutions.

Cheers.

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