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F44 Change Proposal to Drop 32-bit support has been Withdrawn (discussion.fedoraproject.org)
submitted 1 day ago by that_leaflet@lemmy.world to c/fedora@lemmy.ml
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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”.

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[–] yumyumsmuncher@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Boooo you chickens

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where is this discussion and planning?

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 3 points 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