Still using it on several systems: three servers and a Minimac (I'm using it for building a smart pervasive screen). Don't forget that many systems still exist with decent performance and no amd64 support, Pentium 4 for instance.
Moreover, I can see many users still download the x86 version (I'm seeding the torrents). It's not dead at all. I would wait a few years. In my opinion x86 is still worth the resources we are dedicating to it. 2013/5/1 Vojtěch Pszczólka <[email protected]>: > Despite of i'm not developing Sabayon, i can't see any reason for maintaining > i386. How looks typical i386 user :-D ? > > Wolfden <[email protected]>napsal/a: > >>I for killing it off too >> >> >>On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Ian Whyman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> As always I am very much pro this. >>> On 1 May 2013 07:30, "Fabio Erculiani" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>KJS >>~wolfden~ >> >> > -- Ing. Dott. Danilo Pianini Site: http://www.danilopianini.org/ Phone: +39 320 41 36 573 Skype: dany.sk
