On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:46:36PM +0200, Christian Seiler wrote: > since it's been 10 months and I haven't heard back, I'd like to gently > ping you on this?
Alas, nothing has moved since then. Taking the kernel to install from a different architecture is tricky but doable -- unlike, say, i386-vs-amd64 it's not enough to just "dpkg --add-architecture" as amd64 and x32 live on different mirrors (main archive vs -ports). But this can be kludged around. On the other hand, taking udebs from a different architecture is a complete show stopper. Despite talks, d-i doesn't have any multiarch support whatsoever -- and we'd need multiarch for every udeb that touches the kernel. Thus, either the decision to build at least native kernel udebs would need to be revisited or d-i would need extensive changes. Thus, it doesn't look like we'll see x32 support in d-i merged anytime soon. There's also little point in standalone x32 systems, as memory savings are not worth the effort when there's only one system per machine. x32 is great when you have many containers, it also gives modest gains for number crunching, but is totally pointless for a GUI/etc. Thus, d-i is worth having only for xen/kvm, and no one has really stepped up to do that work. Meow! -- A MAP07 (Dead Simple) raspberry tincture recipe: 0.5l 95% alcohol, 1kg raspberries, 0.4kg sugar; put into a big jar for 1 month. Filter out and throw away the fruits (can dump them into a cake, etc), let the drink age at least 3-6 months.