No we are talking about removing the x86 entropy tree. On 1 May 2013 11:15, Vojtěch Pszczólka <[email protected]> wrote: > We are talking about i686 vs i386, not about AMD64. i686 has almost every > x86 processor since 1996 I think. Thats why I am asking... > For example, ArchLinux is using i686 without andy problems. > > Dne 1.5.2013 11:44, Danilo Pianini napsal(a): > >> 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 >> > >
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