Fedora Linux @lemmy.ml Leaflet @lemmy.world 1d ago

F44 Change Proposal to Drop 32-bit support has been Withdrawn

discussion.fedoraproject.org F44 Change Proposal: Drop i686 support (system wide)

Given feedback in this thread (and to a lesser extent, also on the mailing list) I have decided to withdraw this proposal. It is clear that the Fedora 44 target for this Change was too early. To some degree, I expected this to be the case, and was prepared to move the proposed implementation of t...

I am disappointed in some of the reactions this !! proposal !! has received, with some people apparently reading it in the most uncharitable way. It was a proposal that tried to address technical problems package maintainers and release engineering is facing, not some conspiracy to break the “gaming use case”.

Linux @programming.dev cm0002 @lemmy.world 1d ago

F44 Change Proposal to Drop 32-bit support has been Withdrawn

discussion.fedoraproject.org /t/f44-change-proposal-drop-i686-support-system-wide/156324/400

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Boooo you chickens
- Thankfully this isn’t actually being dropped. A more concrete plan of how to drop 32 bit but keep Steam and older games working is underway.
  
  Where is this discussion and planning?
aw man, i just switched to fedora workstation, now they drop some news like this?! unbelievable! i guess I will have to keep distrohopping to find a half decent Linux desktop!
- Did you even read the post title?
  
  They’re joking, the comment the link is to writes about this same behavior.

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