Justin B Rye <[email protected]> writes: > Martin-Éric Racine wrote: >> Release notes for i386 currently state: >> >> "The i386 architecture is now only intended to be used on a 64-bit (amd64) >> CPU. >> Its instruction set requirements include SSE2 support, so it will not run >> successfully on most of the 32-bit CPU types that were supported by Debian >> 12." >> >> "Users running i386 systems should not upgrade to trixie. Instead, Debian >> recommends >> either reinstalling them as amd64, where possible, or retiring the hardware. >> Cross-grading without a reinstall is a technically possible, but risky, >> alternative." >> >> The second paragraph is especially problematic since 32-bit hardware >> cannot run 64-bit binaries. > > It doesn't say they can; it's talking about systems currently running > Debian's i386 arch, which may include 64bit-capable machines. The PC > I'm writing this on, for instance, was running a 32bit OS when I first > got it many years ago, but now runs 64bit trixie. Hence the advice > that users should switch "where possible". > > Still, if this is unclear, maybe we ought to rephrase it. Would it > help if the second paragraph said something like "Users running the > i386 version of bookworm should not upgrade to trixie"?
fwiw, that seems so close to what is there i wonder if it's worth changing -- how likely is it that there are any users who wont understand the paragraph as written but would understand the new version, i wonder
