On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 05:27:12 -0400, Doug Laidlaw <
laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
I thought that Mageia had dropped support for 32-bit. The jump straight
from Alpha 1 to Beta 1 just shows how solid Mga 8 is. Mageia has always
been that way, even from the initial release.
There were some brief discussions a couple of years ago about the possibility of
dropping 32 bit support, but the decision was made to continue support, until there is a technical reason as to why it can not be continued, or a future council decision changes that.
Occasionally some one will suggest it again on various mailing lists, or forums,
etc., but those discussions have had no impact on the council decision.
That said, some of the packages Mageia provides are not expected to work on a 32
bit system. In those cases, the 32 bit packages are built and released along side
of the 64 bit packages, but we know they are unlikely to work.
For example, virtualbox is available in the Core 32bit Release repository, but it
is not tested, or expected to work on a 32 bit install. It might work, but if it
does, would be too limited to be of any practical use. The build system and the
system for approving updates are both set up to support both arches, and it would
require extra work to exclude some packages from one of the arches.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
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