Hi Adrian, Am Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 10:43:46PM +0300 schrieb Adrian Bunk: > architecture-is-64-bit is not a solution for a normal bug.
ACK, fully agreed. We should fix the actual problem rather than use architecture restrictions as a workaround. At the same time, I wonder whether this is also an opportunity to discuss a broader question: do we still need to provide binary packages for all scientific software on architectures such as i386, where there seems to be little practical demand from users? I would not suggest introducing architecture restrictions as a quick fix for individual bugs. But perhaps we should be more willing to reconsider the architectures we support when maintaining a package on a particular architecture creates a recurring burden without a clear benefit to users. For me, the goal should be to spend our limited maintenance resources where they provide the greatest value, rather than maintaining packages on every architecture simply because we can build them there. Kind regards, Andreas -- https://fam-tille.de
