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Thanks! Regarding multi-arch support, Ryan C. Gordon (Linux game porter extraordinaire, icculus.org) had proposed FatELF [1] back in 2009 (LWN coverage [2]).

Thanks! Regarding multi-arch support, Ryan C. Gordon (Linux game porter extraordinaire, icculus.org) had proposed FatELF [1] back in 2009 (LWN coverage [2]). It seemed simple enough to implement, but never really picked up steam (IMHO for reasons that speak of the culture of the Linux ecosystem). [1] http://icculus.org/fatelf/ http://icculus.org/fatelf/ [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/359070/ https://lwn.net/Articles/359070/

yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
> reasons that speak of the culture of the Linux ecosystem "Everyone ships source; just recompile"? It would be convenient, but with source and a compiler you can hit everything anyways.
- AceJohnny2 7y ago
  Yep, that's indeed my perspective, and I think that mindset dismisses the effort required to deliver closed-source binaries with long-term support.