How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?

[Kilz _]

>From: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen at canonical.com>
>To: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: Re: How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:24:06 +0200
>
>Kilz _ skrev:
>
>  > Are you
> > telling me its just to difficult to repackage it to make it work easier
> > for newbies?
>
>Nobody appears to be willing to maintain such a package.  Security
>updates becomes a royal pain with just repackaged binaries.  And yes, I
>don't think doing that work to make it easier to use proprietary
>software is time well spent.
>
> > What
> > happens to all the dapper users who are using it because they can force
> > in 32bit apps?  After that will users be even able to copy in a 32bit
> > firefox?
>
>If they don't remove the packages will stay on their systems, but they
>won't get security support, etc after dapper is EOL-ed.  Frankly, I
>don't care if copying in a firefox works.  It's not a supported
>configuration, nor something I (and it seems nobody else either) is
>willing to, or interested in supporting.
>
>Unless any new arguments are raised, I won't post any more to this
>thread as it does not look like we will be able to come to an agreement.
>
>- tfheen
>
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Thanks for proving that all my points were true. It seems Ubuntu dosnt care 
about new users at all, or at least you dont. The next time someone tells me 
they do Ill remember these posts, and the link to them in the archives.
They should be a hoot on my blog and on groklaw.

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