Re: i686 removal - easy win set

Vít Ondruch <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:42:00 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Dne 18. 07. 26 v 9:06 Mattia Verga via devel napsal(a):
> Il 18/07/26 03:02, Michal Schorm ha scritto:
>> 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.
>>
>>
> Perhaps it's time to file a new proposal and make i686 builds off by
> default?
>
> If we have to add ExcludeArch to 3.400 packages + those which already
> exclude i686 builds, how many packages are left if we invert the logic
> and add some magic macro to enable i686 build?


+1

If "inverted" way is technically possible, I would very much prefer it.

Even if majority packages should be initially explicitly enabled for 
i686, I think that is much better approach, because after the i686 
builders are removed, we will be forced to do the cleanup. Not leftover 
`ExcludeArch: %{ix86}` will stay behind.

BTW this likely mean that at the same time, the already existing 
`ExcludeArch: %{ix86}` should be removed, because they won't have any 
purpose (although I am sure that some maintainers might use these 
platforms also for other distributions).


Vít

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