XTaran dixit:

>IIRC hast Du ab und an mal Zeugs mit x32 gemacht.

Erm… yesssss… I’m using x32 productively on my desktop at work…

>Via https://wiki.debian.org/TopicDebianDevel bin ich grade |ber das
>hier gestolpert:
>
>* last call for the existence of x32 in autotools-dev. Reply on
>  #962766
>
>Inbesondere https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=962766#10:

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh dixit:

>On Sat, 13 Jun 2020, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>> There are new versions upstream.
>
>Yes, and they revert the existence of arch "x32".  Last time I asked for
>help, nobody remotely interested in x32 answered.

I haven’t ever seen this. I’ve prominently worked on x32 support and
am known to be a user relying on this and willing to help. You could
at least have asked on d-d-announce or something.

>I am seriously considering uploading it and effectively removing x32
>support from Debian.

Please don’t. This can trivially be carried locally (which we did for
other architectures, even new ones, before so has precedent) and we
can lobby upstream to retain it.

Thanks,
//mirabilos
--  
When he found out that the m68k port was in a pretty bad shape, he did
not, like many before him, shrug and move on; instead, he took it upon
himself to start compiling things, just so he could compile his shell.
How's that for dedication. -- Wouter, about my Debian/m68k revival

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