GNU bug report logs - #40406
python-matplotlib fails to build on i686-linux

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato <at> posteo.de>

Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 15:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 40406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato <at> posteo.de>
Cc: 40406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40406: python-matplotlib fails to build on i686-linux
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 13:39:16 -0400

On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 06:18:28PM +0200, Diego Nicola Barbato wrote:
> I was opposed to this at first (after all, if upstream supports Numpy on
> i686, why shouldn't we?), but after seeing that even simple things like
> matrix multiplication can produce incorrect results I'm in favour of
> limiting it to contemporary architectures.  What do others think?

I'll leave it up to you and others who are actually using these
programs. I do think it's unlikely the upstream developers use or test
the software on i686, or on anything besides x86_64.
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