So, x86_64 is more than 10 years old now, and it's time to think again about the i686 architecture. I am proposing to gradually drop support for x86 32bit by the end of 2013 (the "how" would deserve a separate discussion). Is there any serious reason not to kill 32bit? Maintaining it takes 50% of our resources (time and space) and we could just dedicate some of them to the other emerging architecture called ARM.
This is just an RFC for now, don't get scared. Cheers, -- Fabio Erculiani
