Ubuntu introduces architecture variants

Date:
Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:39:00 +0000

Description:
Michael Hudson-Doyle, a member of Ubuntu's Foundations team, has announced
the introduction of an "architecture variant" for Ubuntu 25.10: By making changes to dpkg , apt and Launchpad, we are able to build
multiple versions of a package, each for a different level of the x86-64 architecture, meaning we can have packages that specifically
target x86-64-v3 , for example. As a result, we're very excited to share that in Ubuntu 25.10, some
packages are available, on an opt-in basis, in their optimized form
for the more modern x86-64-v3 architecture level. See the announcement for details on opting in to x86-64-v3 packages.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1044383/


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