On Jo, 09 dec 21, 23:24:11, Marco Möller wrote: > > It's a pity that Debian cannot be flexible to offer more secure and already > available binary versions of software for the assumed many users only caring > for installing a binary from the official Debian repository on some very > typical PC hardware, and marking the rest of the job, like providing all the > toolchain for those who want to compile software themselves, or providing > binaries for less frequently used hardware, to still be on delay. > > I mean, GUI web browsers and GUI email clients like Firefox and Thunderbird > are more likely used on Intel or AMD powered PCs and laptops, than on other > architectures, right? This is at least my guess. In my opinion and in this > particular case it would be good to get a vast of users as quickly as > possible into secure waters instead of putting most of them on risk of > grounding in order to treat all possible victims the same. $ apt list firefox-esr firefox-esr/oldstable,now 78.15.0esr-1~deb10u1 arm64 [installed] One of Debian's strengths is treating all release architectures as first class citizens. Without that the Project might as well just drop "problematic" architectures. ARM64 is likely to see *more* (not less) use in desktops and laptops, and RISC V might also be an option in the future. The additional competition is healthy also for x86 (even if less so for Intel's and AMD's bottom line). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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