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On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 08:25:05 +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 |
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> > it. |
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> It's not my problem when they are still using it. |
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Your problems are not the subject of discussion. |
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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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That's your opinion, which I tend to agree with, but it is once again |
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irrelevant. A lot of people use Skype, whether or not they like it, as I |
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have to. |
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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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Firstly, things like Flash and Skype are not special cases, they are |
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widely used and many of us have to use them, whether we like it or not. |
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Secondly, no one is forcing you to use anything? There is a no-multilib |
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profile, and nothing to stop you creating a no-multilib version of your |
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preferred desktop profile if you so wish (the desktop profiles are |
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basically a different set of default USE flags). |
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Multilib should be gong away on due time. Until then you have two courses |
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of action: complain about it or use a no-multilib profile with your |
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preferred flags. Only one of those choices has any real benefit. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Oxymoron: Clearly Misunderstood. |
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