On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:05:16 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Well, it's more like one hundred packages, but nevertheless, a very > > large number. Obviously its a trade off, just like everything else in > > this world. Either take the easy road and continue to provide this > > messy monolithic package that doesn't get any security updates, or take > > the hard road to get something more supportable but forces additional > > work on 100 maintainers. I personally think the latter is more > > appropriate/ideal even though its more work. Obviously opinions will > > vary. > > The long-term solution is multiarch and allowing people to install 32-bit > packages directly on 64-bit systems, which is why people haven't been > willing to much effort into making the current system work better. We > keep expecting multiarch to be in the next Debian release.
I just did some reading up on multiarch. It looks like its been in development since around 2004 (i.e. before sarge was released). With such an oft-delayed process (4 releases including squeeze), I wonder what the probability of it being ready for wheezy is? Is it time to work toward a less hackish solution for ia32-libs since multiarch may be unlikely for wheezy based on past performance? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101109123531.0368ff29.michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com
