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[Pavel Kirienko]

> 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
<william at osrfoundation.org>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 <jack.oquin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Tully Foote <tfoote at osrfoundation.org>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
>>
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