Bug#1066974: freecad: package got copletely removed from Debian testing

[Amr Ibrahim]

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Von: Kurt Kremitzki <kurt at kwk.systems>
An: Amr Ibrahim <amribrahim1987 at hotmail.com>, 1066974 at bugs.debian.org
Betreff: Re: Bug#1066974: freecad: package got copletely removed from Debian
testing
Datum: 16.03.2024 16:04:34


> - on armel, it seems FEM workbench tests are failing, but it isn't enough to
> e.g. disable that workbench, because then the failures just pop up elsewhere.
> I've repeated this "disable test, different test segfaults elsewhere" pattern
> about 5 times. It seems like, for some reason, the armel builds are no longer
> viable. It isn't ideal, but FreeCAD is probably not getting much use on the
> arch, so it may be that it ought to be removed from the architecture.


I believe this old 32-bit armel architecture is too weak for 3D CAD and out of
interest of CAD users. For a modern 64-bit ARM-based system I think arm64 is the
way to go these days.