[OpenIndiana-discuss] 32-bit support in OpenIndiana Hipster

[Aurélien Larcher]

> > Hello,
> >
> > There's something wrong with this picture...
> > >
> >
> > I do not think there is, considering that I was asking about the long
> term
> > goal and not providing a transition recipe to be implemented right away.
> >
>
> The problem that I see is that there is neither an organized plan to
> migrate
> to 64-bit-only, nor an effort to take advantage of isaexec support for both
> 32-bit and 64-bit systems; instead what appears to be a haphazard
> piecemeal move to an odd mixture of 32-bit and 64-bit components.
>

This discussion is actually a call for devising an organized plan !
So what are you complaining about ?

If you want continued 32bit support for Perl then just make it happen.


> I disagree; I see 6 responses to the original message within a few days,
> all expressing an interest in continuation of 32-bit support (for various
> reasons), and zero messages encouraging dropping 32-bit support.
> The next message after those was today's "official statement"
> announcing that 32-bit support is effectively dropped.
>

Messages are not enough for "support", contributions to oi-userland and
such actually matter.
So since there is an interest, let us identify how people showing such
interest can help out.


> Not much point given the unilateral decision to drop 32-bit support.
>

People support what they can and prioritize based on feedback.
Alexander just wrote that he cannot claim support for 32bit when actual
resources do not allow it, and there is actually not feedback about it.


> Not practical without a well-defined place to find source code for
> components in order to be able to work on them.
>

You can find the relevant code on OpenIndiana's Github:

https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland


> Given the ready availability of systems (e.g. NetBSD) which do not
> have many of the limitations of OI, but which do have thriving user
> and developer communities, it's difficult to justify putting effort into
> what frankly speaking appears to amount to little more than
> flogging a dead horse when a similar effort expended elsewhere
> will produce far greater benefit.
>

That's a chicken and egg issue: if everyone is waiting for each other to
invest time and effor then yes it will surely go nowhere.
Personally, as I use OpenIndiana and benefit from Alexander's, Ken's,
Martin's and others work, I try to help out supporting what I use.
If nobody does and waits for other people to do the job then there is no
community.





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