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Hi Michał, |
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On 2019.08.31 09:03, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> We still have a lot of packages that are keyworded ~x86/x86 but were |
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> never keyworded ~amd64. While I suppose there might be exceptions to |
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> that, in most cases it means that simply nobody has been using it for |
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> years. |
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x86, the 32 bit variety, is still popular at the low power end of the spectrum |
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for things like network appliances. Not the sort of hardware you would |
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play many games on these days. |
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Proceed with caution. Mask them and leave them in the tree. Wait and |
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see who shouts, if anyone. |
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Low power systems don't get updated terribly regularly, so be prepared |
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to leave the packages in the tree for a lot longer than the customary 30 |
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days. |
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> Many of them are still at EAPI 0; some were ported to newer EAPIs |
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> specifically to clean old EAPIs. |
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> I've already cleaned up some false positives (like svgalib). If you |
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> know more, please let me know. |
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> I have mixed feelings about games on the list. On one hand, it's |
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> rather |
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> obvious that they're x86 binary games. However, if somebody actually |
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> used them, they would have probably gained amd64 multilib compat by |
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> now. |
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> --- |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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