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Ryan Gordon Ends FatELF Universal Binary Effort

Posted by Soulskill on from the that-was-quick dept.

recoiledsnake writes "A few years after the Con Kolivas fiasco, the FatELF project to implement the 'universal binaries' feature for Linux that allows a single binary file to run on multiple hardware platforms has been grounded. Ryan C. Gordon, who has ported a number of popular games and game servers to Linux, has this to say: 'It looks like the Linux kernel maintainers are frowning on the FatELF patches. Some got the idea and disagreed, some didn't seem to hear what I was saying, and some showed up just to be rude.' The launch of the project was recently discussed here. The FatELF project page and FAQ are still up."

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  1. Re:mod up, please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here's the log of the full conversation. We was hardly abused, and got persistent help over several hours which was patient and helpful, ultimately culminating in him realizing what he had done wrong and admitting to it.

    Clearly, the myth IRC folk are at fault.

    http://pastebin.com/m2cfd19dd