multiarch

_ [debian] multiarch

フリーズまでの時間は短いが、Debian Projectはいくつかの大きなゴールを達成できることを期待している。最も重要なのは、multi-archサポート(64ビットマシン環境で32 ビット版パッケージのインストールができるように改良する)と、起動プロセスの最適化(高速化と高信頼性)だ。

ref. Subject: Debian decides to adopt time-based release freezes

Although the next freeze is only a short time away, the Debian project hopes to achieve several prominent goals with it. The most important are multi-arch support, which will improve the installation of 32 bit packages on 64 bit machines, and an optimised boot process for better boot performance and reliability.

ref. Debian decides to adopt time-based release freezes

Integrate support for cross-architecture installation of binary packages (particularly i386<->amd64, but also other combinations) in dpkg and apt.

ref. MultiarchSpec