> ubuntu.com still recommends 32-bit for their desktop default download. However, they recommend 64-bit for Ubuntu Server ( http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server), so this is controversial: shouldn't ROS be mainly targeted for embedded systems, where Ubuntu Server seems more relevant? Regards, Pavel Kirienko. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:51 PM, William Woodall wrote: > They recently discussed dropping 32-bit support for PCL on the > pcl-developer's list, but I'll point out what I said to them, which is that > ubuntu.com still recommends 32-bit for their desktop default download. So > at least for now, I think 32-bit support should stay. > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Jack O'Quin wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Tully Foote wrote: >>> >>> Related to this it has been suggested to me that we could setup a >>> bidding/kickstarter style campaign for different platform or arch support. >>> If people are interested we could estimate what it would take to support >>> builds on extra arch/platform combinations for the duration of a release. >>> And if there is enough community support to fund the project we can turn >>> on specific architectures. >>> >> >> +1 >> >> >>> Also we are currently building i386 and amd64, we could consider >>> dropping i386 on some platforms to save resources. >>> >> >> Looking forward, I suspect most PC users will be 64-bit, and the main >> 32-bit platform will be ARM. That may be true already. Perhaps people would >> favor substituting some common ARM platform for i386. >> >> >>> Please take a look at the results of both surveys and the above proposal >>> and give your feedback. >>> >> >> +1 It's a good plan, balancing a great many divergent needs. >> -- >> joq >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >> > > > -- > William Woodall > ROS Development Team > william@osrfoundation.org > http://williamjwoodall.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >