On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:22 AM, lee <l...@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote: > Vincent Cheng <vincentc1...@gmail.com> writes: > >> user multiarch-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org >> usertags 691943 multiarch >> retitle 691943 libalut0: Please convert to multiarch >> tag 691943 confirmed >> thanks >> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:23 AM, lee <l...@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote: >>> As the subject says, libalut0 cannot be installed together with >>> libalut0:i386 in brokenarch. >> >> That's because libalut0 (and the -dev package) haven't been >> multiarch-ified yet. Multiarch is a release goal, but it's probably >> too late in the release cycle to be converting packages to multiarch, >> so this will probably be done post-freeze. > > That confirms that 32bit support will not be available in the next > release. That makes the next release obsolete for everyone who needs > it. Who needs 32bit support and runs stable will either have to remain > with the current release or switch to unstable.
"32-bit support" is still available in Debian (i386 isn't going to be deprecated in Debian anytime soon), and users who wish to install i386 packages on a Debian amd64 system can easily do so via multiarch. I'm afraid I don't see what your concern is? AFAIK, libalut was never included in ia32-libs in the first place, so this specific library package was never installable as a 32-bit package on a 64-bit system anyways, hence the status quo hasn't changed at all. The vast majority of libs that used to be included in ia32-libs have been converted to multiarch already. > Good job. Thank you! I'm glad that you appreciate all the hard work that Debian devs put into Debian, by their own will and on their own free time. :) > I hope you put big warnings all over the Debian website and into the > announcements so that everyone considering to upgrade at least has an > idea of what they are getting into. If you would like to contribute to the release notes, please contact debian-...@lists.debian.org or file a bug report against the release-notes pseudo-package. Regards, Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org