[digiKam-users] The future of 6.0.0 bundles and C++11 support...

[Andrey Goreev]

Here is a good resource to find 32 bit digikam RPMs

https://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=digikam

Best regards,

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, if compiling the 32 bit appimage in your CentoOS became overwhelming
> I think there is no other way but stop doing that and let someone else
> compile the 32bit packages.
>
> I took a look at what distributions support 32 bit still. There are not
> that many of them left. But Fedora is still there. Its packages are usually
> very up to date so there is a big chance that they might keep compiling
> digikam 6+ for 32 bit systems
>
> Best regards,
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 3:18 PM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Did you real well my original mail ?
>>
>> I never speak about the non compatibility of whole digiKam and 32 bits
>> support. I speak only about bundles, and especially the AppImage compiled
>> under CentoOS 6.9 for binary compatibility reasons.
>>
>> The linux distro packages in 32 bits can be available. After all the code
>> is free to use. You can also compile the code yourself if all puzzle parts
>> are present on your 32 bits system : compiler, shared libs, etc...
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>>
>>
>> 2018-04-01 22:34 GMT+02:00 Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Would it be possible to compile 32bit versions of digiKam 6+ at all? If
>>> it is possible but is too much work it might worth to try compiling 32bit
>>> version once in a while, e.g. 6.0.0. and then 6.9.0 or whichever is the
>>> last version in 6 series.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Dan Kaczor <djkarch at djkarch.com>
>>> Date: 2018-04-01 1:26 PM (GMT-07:00)
>>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>>> Subject: [digiKam-users] The future of 6.0.0 bundles and C++11
>>> support...
>>>
>>> Among the many reasons some of us have switched from Windows to Linux
>>> was the ability to preserve older investments in computer hardware. We
>>> have 6 computers currently in the house, only 2 are Windows, 1 is a
>>> laptop with Windows x64. The other 4 computers are running 32 bit Linux
>>> of various OS's. We also get donated old computers from people. We make
>>> some simple refurbishments, install Linux (usually Mint 17+ or 18) and
>>> put Digikam on all of them then give them to families and the elderly
>>> who cannot afford computers.
>>>
>>> So I vote not to drop Digikam 32 bits. Otherwise we will stop updating
>>> Digikam at whatever version 32 bits support is ended.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>> Using Digikam since 2.5 (I think)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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