Re: [Maxima-discuss] Announcing 5.47.0

[Viktor T. T. <vt...@vt...>]

I think it may be perfectly reasonable to say that 5.47 is the final 32-bit version, especially in light of the very small number of 32-bit downloads.


Viktor


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gunter Königsmann <gu...@pe...>
> Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 3:49 PM
> To: Viktor T. Toth <vt...@vt...>; max...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Maxima-discuss] Announcing 5.47.0
> 
> AFAICS it is hard to build a 32-bit install on a current Ubuntu: Of many
> packages the 32 bit version isn't supported any more, and others have
> been dropped from Ubuntu 23.04. Also many windows packages maxima
> depends on no more get updates for their 32-bit version which will they
> will be victims to bit rot and no more receive security updates.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
>    Gunter.