How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?

[Kilz _]

>From: Stephan Hermann <sh at sourcecode.de>
>To: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: Re: How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?
>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:07:49 +0200
>
>Hi,
>
>On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:38, Kilz _ wrote:
> > Hi Developers
> > I love Ubuntu, I have it as my main desktop. I also use it as a server. 
>I
> > am also active on the forums helping 64bit users and beginners where I 
>can.
> > I have written howto's on how to install 32bit firefox with plugins, and
> > wine to 64bit.
> > I have asked this question a few times. Now I'm asking it here. How much
> > longer will 64bit systems users be second class citizens?
>
>As I'm the one who is porting the wine-hq packages (made by Scott Ritchie) 
>to
>Ubuntu (Universe) I can tell you, that wine on 64bit (real 64bit) will not
>hit Ubuntu soon, because of problems with compiling on 64bit (amd64/emt64)
>systems.
>
>If you speak about 32bit packages for wine on 64bit systems, please feel 
>free
>to jump in, and add some support for it to the latest edgy packages (or
>edgy+1 packages in future). I had a 64bit system once, I gave it away, so I
>can't test the functionality. I even have problems to test functionality of
>Wine on 32bit applications, because all important apps which could be run
>with wine are failing to run on wine. (e.g. german tax software).
>
>Regards,
>
>\sh


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I think most users who would like/need wine would be happy to have a 32bit 
version rather than none at all. But I have had less success at it than 
Firefox. At least Firefox will let me make a binary package. One that will 
install and work. Not wine. I agree a 64bit wine is next to impossible, and 
a wasted effort because its a 32bit layer.
So far I have found its possible to force architecture in the 32bit wine deb 
file and manually copy in a lib, then run a setup script to make it work. 
But what I have done is best called brute force hacking. In other words try 
it to see if it will work, then add what it asks for.
If you want to take a look at what most 64bit users are doing to install 
wine take a look here.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185557&highlight=wine+64

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