Re: i686 removal - easy win set
Michal Schorm <[email protected]>
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On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 2:32 AM Mateus R. Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? Hi Mateus, The current policy actually encourages package maintainers to drop the leaf i686 packages on their discretion: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/EncourageI686LeafRemoval You can go for it right now. This thread's goal is to coordinate a larger independent effort - here I seek validation of my analysis, and assistance with realization. -- Michal Schorm Senior Software Engineer Databases Team Red Hat -- On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 2:32 AM Mateus R. Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > >> >> >> >> Michal >> >> -- >> >> Michal Schorm >> Senior Software Engineer >> Databases Team >> Red Hat >> >> -- >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] >> Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new > > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new