On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:48:30 +0000 Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-01-11 at 07:41 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 23:39:35 +0100 > > Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the fifth alpha > > > release of the installer for Debian 9 "Stretch". > > > > > > > > > Important change in this release of the installer > > > ================================================= > > > > > > * The i386 architecture now requires 686-class processors: > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00589.html > > > > Why not just call it i686 then, in the Arch style? > > Debian architecture names identify ABIs, not hardware requirements. > We've progressively raised the minimum processor requirement for i386 > over the last 10 years or so. > > Ben. > This (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-compat.en.html#s-arches) is somewhat misleading then, as it seems to give the impression that Debian's i386 will run on actual 386es, which is not the case. Shouldn't this be clarified?
