Hi, On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:22:28AM -0800, mmarco wrote: > In #19781 there are some issues with several optional packages that don't > build or work correctly on 32 bits.
Most of the time, the problems with 32-bit architectures come from incomplete doctests that are only tested on 64-bit architecture (typically hashes give two different values). Is there any real issue with 32-bit, like the impossibility to build an important package ? There is something written about cryptominisat but i could not find the ticket. > Volker points that the lack of availability of 32-bits platforms make > them harder to test and fix. So, should we change the policy about it? 32-bit architecture can be completely emulated with qemu/kvm. It is possible to automatically set up a series of 32-bit VM and build/test Sage there at http://sagebuilder.metelu.net/ which are scripts that i used when there was not enough binary builds for Debian and Ubuntu a few months ago. > Personally I think that intel 32-bits should still be a supported > architecture +1, the Sage Debian Live USB, which aims at running on most personal computers without further installation, uses a 32-bit kernel so that it can run on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Ciao, Thierry > (maybe some time from now it shall be completely deprecated, > but i don't think we are there yet). In the meantime, i don't think there > is a big problem in moving these packages from optional to experimental. > But that is just my opinion, I think it is worth discussing. > > So, what do you think? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
