Shall we drop i386 / 32-bit? If you think no, please test

[Aaron Honeycutt]

We need people to test 32 bit if we can deliver a stable product.

On Jun 29, 2017 5:21 PM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:

>
> and there are a LOT of folks that are not able to continually upgrade.
>
> 32bit will likely remain for many more years.  dropping support is sure
> fire way to drive folks away from Linux/Kubuntu.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, David Fletcher wrote:
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 22:07:05 +0100
>> From: David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net>
>> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: Shall we drop i386 / 32-bit? If you think no, please test
>>
>> On Thu, 2017-06-29 at 13:33 -0700, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
>>
>>> If we don't get complete test coverage on the i386 test cases, I
>>> think
>>> we should drop it now. the KCI doesn't build the images, we get no
>>> questions about 32-bit any more, and it is in general a pain to
>>> support.
>>>
>>> Is there any reason to keep it?
>>>
>>> Valorie
>>>
>>
>> I'm running a headless server with 32 bit hardware but nothing 32 bit
>> with a GUI. I guess I could replace the motherboard but it seems like a
>> sinful waste to throw away perfectly good working hardware that
>> continues to do its job perfectly well.
>>
>> Dave F
>>
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