It's not a measure of users, we can't reason something if we don't get enough testers to confirm the quality of the software.
On Jun 30, 2017 7:17 PM, "Ferry Toth" <[email protected]> wrote: > Op Fri, 30 Jun 2017 06:55:42 -0400, schreef Clay Weber: > > > The lack of testers, the lack of bug reports, and the lack of response > > here seem to indicate that i386 users in our community are a rather tiny > > group. One that is likely shrinking even more. > > My mother uses i386. But she doesn't read this list. And I doubt she > would be able to help testing or write bug reports. She is 76 years old. > > I don't thing lack of testers or bug reports is a good measure for lack > of users. There must be a better way, like counting downloads of a > specific package (i386 vs ams64). > > Don't forget kubuntu is likely to be installed on older machines as a > replacement of WinXP and many are i386. > > > The short lifespans of non-LTS releases do not help, either. Perhaps > > dropping support now may be the best time to pull the plug.On Jun 29, > > 2017 4:33 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello folks, Art Alpha 1 is released today: release notes: > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/Alpha1/Kubuntu > >> > >> Please report test results here: > >> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/378/builds > >> > >> If we don't get complete test coverage on the i386 test cases, I think > >> we should drop it now. the KCI doesn't build the images, we get no > >> questions about 32-bit any more, and it is in general a pain to > >> support. > >> > >> Is there any reason to keep it? > >> > >> Valorie > >> > >> -- > >> http://about.me/valoriez > >> > >> -- > >> kubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify > >> settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users > > > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users >
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