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Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> writes:

> One of the items on our post 1.0 schedule is multilib and we need a plan
> of implementation. I've been thinking about this for a while and at
> least have some ideas how some of the issues can be handled.
> ....
> Does this make sense to everyone, are there any questions/ objections/
> concerns/ things I've missed?

Which actual OE use-cases justify this kind of addition to OE?

I know it is on the Yocto post 1.0 schedule, but is it actually a good
thing for OE?  Maintaining OE recipes is clearly not going to get any
easier with multilibs support.

/Esben