[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Multiarch (Was: Re: ia32-libs depends on ia32-apt-get)



On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 09:02:05PM +0100, Matthew Johnson wrote:
> I've also CC'd Hector and Steve who are listed as owners on that
> document because whatever we do to get multiarch working (and I have no
> strong views on the right way to do it) we should definitely not do it
> differently to Ubuntu.

Since there seems to be some confusion on this point, let me clarify that
there is no proposal for Ubuntu to diverge from Debian in implementing
multiarch.  A session on multiarch was held at UDS because it was
convenient for a face-to-face discussion of *Debian* package management.
Most of the people involved in the discussion were Debian developers,
including both a dpkg comaintainer (Guillem) and an apt comaintainer
(Michael).  While the specification resides in the Ubuntu wiki, I'm
anticipating that the implementation will be driven directly in Debian
first, thanks in large part to Guillem's interest.  And indeed, Ubuntu is
largely at Guillem's mercy, since no one in Ubuntu has committed any
resources to the dpkg implementation. :)

We also have a follow-up round table scheduled at DebConf, to take this
further:

  https://penta.debconf.org/penta/submission/dc9/event/395

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org


Reply to: