On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 09:52:14AM +0100, Gerardo Ballabio wrote: > Gianluca Renzi wrote: > > The same here. We never used the d-i but we are using Debian systems > > (kernel and root file system) as daily bases of our line of products > > embedded systems. Hundred of thousands of boards are using Debian since > > Debian Lenny 5.0. From armel to armhf 32 bit systems. > > So a drop of the armel and/or armhf will force us to a very complicated > > rearrangement of our build systems. > > Please don't do that if you can. > > Hi Gianluca, > if that is so important for your business, you might consider > sponsoring some work on this issue. > The Debian Long Term Support project > <https://www.freexian.com/lts/debian/> is about keeping "old stuff" > working so that might be the right place to ask.
That's not the right place, LTS is about keeping *old Debian versions* security supported for 2 additional years (and has dropped armel since stretch). LTS is not doing anything at all regarding keeping older/unusual hardware supported, such work has to be done directly in Debian (and upstream). > Gerardo cu Adrian
