On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 03:51:44PM +0200, Michal Schorm wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 1:27 PM Fabio Valentini <[email protected]> wrote: > > We would either need changes to koji for this, *or* add ExcludeArch: > > i686 to 20000 packages. > > Only ~10,000 packages *can* produce i686 binary RPMs. > Only ~8,500 currently *do* produce them, and my proposal would cut the > number in half. > > I can do the work if that's the problem. It's just one huge bulk operation. > > Having 'ExcludeArch' in thousands of packages isn't the most elegant > solution, but the cost value effectivity specifically for the cut I > propose here is IMO great. > Especially since it requires zero build system changes and (close to > ?) no maintainer disruption. > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 11:44 AM Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Trying to allow-list further packages per individual maintainer > > desires is undesirable as you can't do that in isolation. It would > > have a ripple effect on all dependencies, which would put a burden > > on other maintainers. > > > > If we're to make significant progress eliminating i686, IMHO we > > need a use-case focused approach to package inclusion. > > My personal goal here (which I believe is achievable) is to do a > one-time high-value cut of all the easy-to-cut packages. > I specifically do not want to dive deeper into the rabbit hole of full > i686 removal - I consciously took an easy task (in comparison) so we > make any progress at all, and I will leave the hard part of doing the > rest to others.
Understood. I support your proposal to move us forward in removing more i686. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com ~~ https://hachyderm.io/@berrange :| |: https://libvirt.org ~~ https://entangle-photo.org :| |: https://pixelfed.art/berrange ~~ https://fstop138.berrange.com :| -- _______________________________________________ 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
