Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> writes: > On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 08:25:05 +0100, lee wrote: >
> [...] >> >> That there are a few special cases for which some people still need it >> doesn't mean that everyone should be forced to use a multilib profile >> when 100% of the software they're running is 64bit. > > Firstly, things like Flash and Skype are not special cases, they are > widely used and many of us have to use them, whether we like it or not. They are special cases. Flash never really worked, and when it does, it's pretty much unusable because it's too crappy. Skype only kinda works and is not usable due to total lack of privacy. > Secondly, no one is forcing you to use anything? There is a no-multilib > profile, There doesn't seem to be a desktop profile that isn't multilib. > and nothing to stop you creating a no-multilib version of your > preferred desktop profile if you so wish (the desktop profiles are > basically a different set of default USE flags). I wouldn't know how to do that. In any case, the default is simply wrong. > Multilib should be gong away on due time. Until then you have two courses > of action: complain about it or use a no-multilib profile with your > preferred flags. Only one of those choices has any real benefit. There is no non-multilib profile one could use when they want a desktop profile. Perhaps multilib goes away in 20 years or so, or never. That doesn't help.
