• Ubuntu introduces architecture variants

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Sat Nov 1 06:40:07 2025

    Michael Hudson-Doyle, a member of Ubuntu's Foundations team, has announced
    the introduction of an "architecture variant" for Ubuntu 25.10:

    By making changes to dpkg, apt and Launchpad, we are able to build
    multiple versions of a package, each for a different level of the
    x86-64 architecture, meaning we can have packages that specifically
    target x86-64-v3, for example.

    As a result, we're very excited to share that in Ubuntu 25.10, some
    packages are available, on an opt-in basis, in their optimized form
    for the more modern x86-64-v3 architecture level.

    See the announcement for details on opting in to x86-64-v3
    packages.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1044383/
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