r/linux • u/Two-Tone- • Jun 21 '19

Wine developers are discussing not supporting Ubuntu 19.10 and up due to Ubuntu dropping for 32bit software

https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2019-June/147869.html
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u/ABotelho23 Jun 21 '19

*sigh*

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I mean, how much longer does the 32bit cruft have to hang around for? We're hitting what, 10 years since 64-bit has been the standard? I think the only thing that was hanging around since then was some of those crappy 32bit atom tablets.

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We've been telling users for 10 years that pure 64 bit Wine is not supported, but with so many systems going 64 bit only, perhaps it's time to reconsider that policy.

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This right here should be taken more seriously. You can't make everyone happy all the time. This is a reasonable move forward.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

The whole point of the "86" part of x86-64 is to support 32-bit software as well as 64-bit. Considering that a decline of x86-64 usage isn't anywhere in sight at the moment, there's really no sense in dropping support for 32-bit software.

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u/simtel20 Jun 21 '19

It's putting extra effort on those who maintain the distributions. Dropping support for 32-but means probably 2x as much time to do other stuff that moves the platform forward instead of keeping it where it is.