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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> writes: |
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> On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:37:55 +0100, lee wrote: |
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>> > What about things like flash plugins? Those are often wanted on |
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>> > desktops and need multilib. |
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>> Flash sucks, and fortunately, it's dead. |
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> It should be, but it's not. There are still many sites that require it. |
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It's not my problem when they are still using it. |
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>> 64bit should be the default for all profiles, with the option to add |
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>> 32bit support in case you need it. Which parts of gnome, kde or another |
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>> IDE don't compile as 64bit? |
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> That's where the ABI_* stuff comes in, which I believe should replace |
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> multilib eventually. The problem is not software you compile, it is |
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> precompiled software. If you don't like flash, here's another example |
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> that you probably hate but is needed by a lot of people - Skype. |
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Skype sucks --- and it's not usable at all because there is no privacy |
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whatsoever. They will listen in and record whatever they like. |
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You may also have some ancient games you might want to play, or you can |
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have an old computer that doesn't do 64bit. And if you do want to use |
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32bit software or an old computer, nothing would prevent you from |
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selecting a profile that gives you 32bit support, or you can have |
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everything in 32bit. |
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That there are a few special cases for which some people still need it |
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doesn't mean that everyone should be forced to use a multilib profile |
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when 100% of the software they're running is 64bit. |
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