Retire a package from Fedora i686 (not x86_64)

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Wed Nov 11 21:44:36 UTC 2015



Am 11.11.2015 um 22:35 schrieb Felix Miata:
> Reindl Harald composed on 2015-11-11 22:10 (UTC+0100):
>
>> when you and the other 5 users think they can demand support for ancient
>> hardware forever because these days cheap hardware is too much cost i
>> tell you that my lifetime for adpot a ton of regressions cuased by
>> replacing perfect fine working software with half baken replacements is
>> *much more* worth because you can buy reasonable hardware, i can't buy
>> additional lifetime wasted over the last years by braindead software
>> decisions
>
> Must be nice to be affluent. This thread proves you simply don't get that not
> everyone is in position to buy, buy, buy to replace what ain't broke just
> because marketers and manufacturers have something ostensibly better to
> offer. Many, many many have no choice but to make do with whatever they have
> or can acquire without money. They too want to do the best they can with what
> they have or can get without money, meaning for many, first choice would not
> be a yesteryear distro. Compatibililty with more blessed peers or for other
> reasons may be necessary, and dictate at least some "bleeding edge" software

it's not a matter of be affluent

if buying every decade a new computer is too uch just don't demand 
bleeding edge software runs on yours and use a LTS distribution - is 
that really so hard to understand?


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