• [$] Fedora's i686 support gets a reprieve

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Tue Jul 1 06:40:08 2025

    A change
    proposal to end support for 32-bit x86 (i686) applications on the
    x86_64 architecture with the Fedora 44 release has been withdrawn
    after significant pushback. As proposed, the change could have
    had a significant impact on gamers, compiler development, and the Bazzite project, which uses Fedora as a
    base for a gaming-focused distribution. While i686 gets a reprieve for
    now, the question still lingers: who is going to keep the necessary
    i686 packages in working order when few upstream maintainers or
    volunteer packagers care about the architecture?

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1026917/
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