Multilib Middle-Ground

[Warren Togami]

seth vidal wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 13:44 -0400, Warren Togami wrote:
>> seth vidal wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 12:33 -0400, Warren Togami wrote:
>>>
>>>> This avoids the lose of:
>>>> - expecting the user to manually install a complicated set of 
>>>> arch-specific packages because they can't use yum groupinstall
>>>
>>> I think you're overestimating how many folks think this is a big deal.
>>>
>> Chinese users?
>> Indian users?
>>
>> Is this really an overestimation?
> 
> but it's not ALL chinese or indian users.
> 
> it's a subset who happen to need i386 pkgs and who happen to have  an
> x86_64 box.
> 
> And then above that it's the subset of users who cannot figure out how
> to cut and paste the command they need from a faq.
> 
> -sv

This is "making stuff just work" vs. "eliminate all i386".

We are a making a serious mistake here catering to the MINORITY of users 
who want the latter.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com