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Demoting i686-pc-windows-gnu to Tier 2 (blog.rust-lang.org)
submitted 1 month ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/rust@programming.dev
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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As an Open Source and Linux fan, this is a little bit sour news. I don't know how this impacts real world. For anyone who does cross compile Windows apps from Linux, does this affect in any way? Article says it won't. So Tier 2 only means how much of bug testing and development is devoted to it, right?

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago

It only affects people who are cross compiling for 32-bit Windows from Linux. Considering that the last 32 bit only x86 CPU came out over 20 years ago, I bet you can count the number of people who will be affected by this on one hand.

[–] KillTheMule@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

And it really only concerns a certain subset - 32bit applications compiled with the gnu toolchain. I'm glad they keep the workload in check this way.