Well, hardening x86 made it pretty performance-leaking. Judging by the fact that the intention is to drop x86, there are all the reasons to harden the x86 to not improve performance of the 32bit architecture. Thus, logically, people get to buy 64bit as soon as possible because of that saying "Oh... Sabayon runs so low on 32bit, but fast on 64bit, so I'll buy 64bit lappy!". Thing is, those numbers that you are saying there Drew Kelling it is clear that 32bit-holders is already dropping in numbers exactly from the similar action to that of dropping the install media. The interest was always to drop the 32bit support, which is not entirely bad, but a bit inhuman judging by the fact that many and many more will forever have 32bit servers or at least little desktops to have fun with from time to time (like I personally have). Having to compile my packages on my old stations is a pretty hard job... But no matters, personally I now have the power to suffice the whole 32bit architecture and packages, and most surely drop the hardened (not all of it, of course) on the x86 packages in the repositories in other to suffice the performance leaks :P
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Drew Kelling <[email protected]> wrote: > I see that a decision was made already but I just want to put in my 2 > cents. > > Its about the numbers to make an educated decision. How many downloads > where there of the x86_64 vs i686 the last few releases. Architecture wise > what does it look like from the equo side how many unique pc's are updating > from the mirrors. > > Also we just released a new iso for i686 install support.If you truly want > people to migrate off i686. Start by kill the install media and wait about > a year or so. Then announce that there is no more official support and > make it opened ended so that if some one in the community wants to take > over they can via a private repo. > > > > > > > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Andre Jaenisch < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Yepp, I still need 32Bit. >> So dropping this support would make me either upgrade (students >> haven't much money) or looking for another distro. >> >> Andre >> >> > > > > -- Lead-Developer at Project Rogentos (Romanian Gentoo Operating System) GNU/Linux. Based on Sabayon and Gentoo Linux, Rogentos tends to offer support mainly for all Romanian Linux users and entrepreneurs which seek to learn an open and free system based on true values :) http://rogentos.ro www.facebook.com/RogentosLinux https://plus.google.com/106559511636021124919/ Google+
