Re: Ticket #2491 Add multi-lib capabilities

2010-01-31 Thread Bryan Kadzban
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > 1. The reason for multilib in the first place is to handle packages > that are pre-compiled for a 32-bit only environment. It only is > needed on a 64-bit system. > > 2. There are very few packages that actually need it. Almost all of > them proprietary. Open source packa

Re: Ticket #2491 Add multi-lib capabilities

2010-01-31 Thread Matthew Burgess
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I am thinking about closing the subject ticket as WONTFIX. > > For the costs in manpower and complexity, I see very little value added > in this ticket. The only thing then needed is to update the 5th > paragraph in Section iii. I completely agree, and note that you've a

Ticket #2491 Add multi-lib capabilities

2010-01-31 Thread Bruce Dubbs
I am thinking about closing the subject ticket as WONTFIX. There are a few reasons for this: 1. The reason for multilib in the first place is to handle packages that are pre-compiled for a 32-bit only environment. It only is needed on a 64-bit system. 2. There are very few packages that act