On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 3:35 AM, Simon Quigley <tsimo...@lubuntu.me> wrote: > i686 (Ubuntu and Debian calls it i386) will be supported for some time > now (at least for LXQt) if I can help it. Lubuntu uses it and probably > won't drop it until at minimum the 20.04 or 22.04 cycle (probably longer > than that, we could carry it out to 24.04 or 26.04, we'll see how that > all plays out when we get there), unless we are forced by the Ubuntu > Release Team to drop it (unlikely but possible). So acting in upstream > will be something I would like to do to make sure it stays working on > Lubuntu i386, but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work in the > future. If you have any questions for Lubuntu directly, please feel free > to send an email to lubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com and we can talk there. > > In respect to LXDE, since it uses GTK 2 I *personally* (not speaking for > upstream) don't know how long it'll last upstream unless we get a GTK 3 > or 4 port. But that's irrelevant to i386 support.
So that's 3 to 9 years support for the architecture in LXQt, and something close to that, but dependent on gtk adoption for LXDE, correct? Thank you, that is good to know and I will pass it on. Best regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
