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[Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:04:09 -0800
Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 25 Feb 2011 13:52:19 -0600, PYROcomp <rexmollc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps this would be a worthwhile project:  compiling support for i586?
> > Let me know,  if there is enough belief in support for i586 I will suggest
> > it to the sl4mm3r5 group.
> 
> Wow!  Do you have any idea of the time it would take to recompile every
> single package in the entire Ubuntu repository set for i586, and then
> test them all for correctness??  And then either persuade Ubuntu to let
> us add that entire set of binary packages to their repositories somehow,
> or else set up our own parallel set of repositories?  We're looking at
> tens of thousands of packages here...  your group had better be both
> large, and very competent, if you want to do that.
> 
> I think that's a little ambitious, but if you have the expertize and
> resources to attempt it, go for it, I'll definitely watch with interest
> to see how you progress :)
> 
The current intention is to maintain 10.04 via a PPA with the latest versions of the LXDE components (PCManFM, lxpanel, etc.).  This will give us another couple of years to see if a solution can be found.


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Yorvyk