Sorry for the late notice - there is a live discussion scheduled for this Wednesday on this topic for any flavors that want to further the discussion.
http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-16 11/meeting/22714/architecture-discussions/ On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Bryan Quigley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > From the thread on Ubuntu-devel/discuss [1] I'm going to start > conversations with each flavor on what their plans are for i386 in the > 18.04 timeframe. Also see the survey [2] results to get a rough idea > of the impact. > > The general ideas are: > A. Drop kubuntu i386 ISO for 16.10 and drop some packages from > the i386 archive - like kwin/kwayland*. > B. Just drop kubuntu i386 ISO for 16.10. > C. Keep everything as is for 18.04, and then consider dropping i386 > in 18.10 timeframe. > > Thoughts? > Bryan > > * You could consider any packages that are 100% specific to the Kubuntu > flavor. > > [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-June/039420.html > > [2] These results are Kubuntu specific (22 of the 300 responses). > Given the lower response rate I would guess that less Kubuntu users > use i386 to begin with. Over half of the Kubuntu responses are from > 64-bit capable machines but using i386 due to memory or other > constraints. > > How long do you expect this machine to last? > at least 1 year - 3 > at least 3 years - 11 > at least 5 years - 5 > at least 7 years - 3 > > What would be the effect if support ended... (1 is no impact, 5 is > significant impact) > April 2019 (16.04 LTS support ends here for Kubuntu - 3 year LTS) > 1 - 7 > 2 - 3 > 3 - 3 > 4 - 3 > 5 - 5 > > April 2021 > 1 - 12 > 3 - 3 > 4 - 2 > 5 - 2 > > April 2023 > 1 - 13 > 2 - 4 > 3 - 2 -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
