Zippy BotB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish • 4 months agoBazzite would shut down if Fedora goes ahead with removing 32-bitwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.selinux@programming.devlinux_gaming@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkBazzite would shut down if Fedora goes ahead with removing 32-bitwww.gamingonlinux.comZippy BotB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.selinux@programming.devlinux_gaming@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareHarkMahlberglinkfedilink4•4 months agoCan someone enlighten me on how such communities plan to deal with the 2038 problem? Is it even relevant to them?
minus-square@Jesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoNot really. 32-bit libraries are mostly relevant for people who want to play old games, which mostly means old Windows games. Windows software doesn’t tend to use Unix timestamps a lot.
minus-square__反いじめ戦隊linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoTime to exercise forwards compatibility, Bazzite wide.
minus-square__反いじめ戦隊linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoCame here to amplify this crux: Communities need reprogram older software to be Unix year 292,277,026,596 compliant. Time to reinvest.
Can someone enlighten me on how such communities plan to deal with the 2038 problem? Is it even relevant to them?
Not really. 32-bit libraries are mostly relevant for people who want to play old games, which mostly means old Windows games. Windows software doesn’t tend to use Unix timestamps a lot.
Time to exercise forwards compatibility, Bazzite wide.
Came here to amplify this crux: Communities need reprogram older software to be Unix year 292,277,026,596 compliant.
Time to reinvest.