Re: i686 removal - easy win set

Em sex., 17 de jul. de 2026, 19:32, Michal Schorm <[email protected]>
escreveu:

> For those interested in this topic, I compiled a set of packages that
> exactly:
>   builds i686 && all binary RPMs are buildroot-only && leaf && NOT on
> FESCo "protected" list
>
>
> https://mschorm.fedorapeople.org/ARCHIVE/i686-removal/koji-only-leaf-i686_2026-07-18.txt
>
> If my method and understanding are both correct, we could add
> 'ExcludeArch: %{ix86}' to each of these 3,400 packages with zero
> impact on the rest of the packages and save some resources.
>
> What do you think?
>

I noticed bign-handheld-thumbnailer made it to this list.

Since that project is just a thumbnailer and preferably the version
equivalent to the host os architecture should be installed (and there's no
x86 32-bits Fedora anymore AFAIK), this makes me curious on something.

It seems to me that you're saying "hey, we could remove 32-bits x86
versions from these!", as if a large portion of the community has to agree
beforehand on whether it's a good choice.

This brings it to my question: since to me I am almost sure nobody will
ever install the x86_32 version, although it's perfectly buildable, what
prevents me from, as a packager, to simply disable it for only that package?

Is there a specific policy I should be aware of?

Thanks for your time,
Mateus Rodrigues Costa


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