Article 6YB0D [$] Fedora's i686 support gets a reprieve

[$] Fedora's i686 support gets a reprieve

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A changeproposal to end support for 32-bit x86 (i686) applications on thex86_64 architecture with the Fedora44 release has been withdrawnafter significant pushback. As proposed, the change could havehad a significant impact on gamers, compiler development, and the Bazzite project, which uses Fedora as abase for a gaming-focused distribution. While i686 gets a reprieve fornow, the question still lingers: who is going to keep the necessaryi686 packages in working order when few upstream maintainers orvolunteer packagers care about the architecture?

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