F44 Change Proposal: Drop i686 support (system wide)
discussion.fedoraproject.org
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 the Change to a later release. Fedora 44 was just the earliest “reasonable” target. However, I think this also shows an inherent conflict in the current Changes process - if a big Change (like this one...

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”.

  • giacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    1 day ago

    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!

    • Leaflet@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      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.

        • Leaflet@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          Throughout the entire thread.

          Here’s the suggestions I remember

          • Recommend the Steam flatpak (cons: VR requires more tinkering to get working, flatpak version of gamescope apparently has limitations for dedicated Big Screen mode)
          • Ship Steam in a container (cons: breaks gaming on Asahi Linux, relies on third parties)
          • Ship a curated list of 32 bit software (cons: even if there’s just one 32 bit package, it’s still a lot of work and infrastructure, current infrastructure work need to be reworked)
          • Use ELN for building 32 bit packages (avoids the above mentioned infrastucture rework)
          • Stop shipping 32 bit stuff and rely on third party repos for it (cons: rpmfusion can’t afford to do this)
          • Create a SIG to represent 32 bit software or repurpose the Gaming SIG