I'd propose we don't drop the 32bit release. In fact, I'd also propose that we prepare it with a 32bit EFI support for those special little snowflakes out there.
*Ovidiu - Florin BOGDAN* GeekAliens.com <http://ovidiu.geekaliens.com> Kubuntu România <http://kubuntu.org> <http://www.google.com/profiles/ovidiu.b13> 2016-11-14 19:07 GMT+02:00 Bryan Quigley <[email protected]>: > 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 >
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