Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-14 Thread Igor Galić


- Original Message -
 
 On Apr 11, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com
 wrote:
 
  On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Yongming Zhao ming@gmail.com wrote:
  well, does that affect the ARM platform?
  
  ARMv6 (Raspberry Pi) and ARMv7 is 32-bit, but ARMv8 is 64-bit.  If
  someone is running ATS on ARMv6 or ARMv7...they can always stay on an
  old release.  -- justin
 
 
 Exactly. The RM for v4.2.x even offered extending LTS for this release if
 there’s real demand for it.
 
 +1 on abandoning 32-bit support (R.I.P.)
 

+1 under the condition that 4.2.x stays supported for older platforms.

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Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread Brian Geffon
This seems like a logical move for a 5.0 release, +1 from me.


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Theo Schlossnagle je...@lethargy.orgwrote:

 Given the nature of ATS and its focus exclusively on high performance
 environments, I suggest we throw off the bonds of 32bit support going
 forward.  I'm unaware of anyone running ATS on 32bit systems or developing
 ATS on 32bit systems.

 I propose removing 32bit support in Apache Traffic Server in the 5 release
 and forward.



 --
 Theo Schlossnagle
 http://lethargy.org/~jesus/




Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread David Boreham


On 4/11/2014 9:51 AM, Theo Schlossnagle wrote:

Given the nature of ATS and its focus exclusively on high performance 
environments, I suggest we throw off the bonds of 32bit support going forward.  
I’m unaware of anyone running ATS on 32bit systems or developing ATS on 32bit 
systems.


Rasberry Pi ?




Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread Yongming Zhao
well, does that affect the ARM platform?

- Yongming Zhao 赵永明

在 2014年4月11日,下午11:51,Theo Schlossnagle je...@lethargy.org 写道:

 Given the nature of ATS and its focus exclusively on high performance 
 environments, I suggest we throw off the bonds of 32bit support going 
 forward.  I’m unaware of anyone running ATS on 32bit systems or developing 
 ATS on 32bit systems.
 
 I propose removing 32bit support in Apache Traffic Server in the 5 release 
 and forward.
 
 
 
 --  
 Theo Schlossnagle
 http://lethargy.org/~jesus/
 



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Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread James Peach
On Apr 11, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Theo Schlossnagle je...@lethargy.org wrote:

 Given the nature of ATS and its focus exclusively on high performance 
 environments, I suggest we throw off the bonds of 32bit support going 
 forward.  I’m unaware of anyone running ATS on 32bit systems or developing 
 ATS on 32bit systems.
 
 I propose removing 32bit support in Apache Traffic Server in the 5 release 
 and forward.

Specifically, what would we remove? Should we also review the set of supported 
OS versions?

J

Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread Igor Galić


- Original Message -
 On Apr 11, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Theo Schlossnagle je...@lethargy.org wrote:
 
  Given the nature of ATS and its focus exclusively on high performance
  environments, I suggest we throw off the bonds of 32bit support going
  forward.  I’m unaware of anyone running ATS on 32bit systems or developing
  ATS on 32bit systems.
  
  I propose removing 32bit support in Apache Traffic Server in the 5 release
  and forward.
 
 Specifically, what would we remove? Should we also review the set of
 supported OS versions?


This makes me wonder: If we remove 32bit support, will any distro out there
go out of their way to patch it back in, badly?
 
 J

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Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Yongming Zhao ming@gmail.com wrote:
 well, does that affect the ARM platform?

ARMv6 (Raspberry Pi) and ARMv7 is 32-bit, but ARMv8 is 64-bit.  If
someone is running ATS on ARMv6 or ARMv7...they can always stay on an
old release.  -- justin


Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread Bryan Call
+1 - I don't know of anyone running ATS on 32-bit and I would highly recommend 
not running it on 32-bit.

-Bryan

On Apr 11, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Theo Schlossnagle je...@lethargy.org wrote:

 Given the nature of ATS and its focus exclusively on high performance 
 environments, I suggest we throw off the bonds of 32bit support going 
 forward.  I’m unaware of anyone running ATS on 32bit systems or developing 
 ATS on 32bit systems.
 
 I propose removing 32bit support in Apache Traffic Server in the 5 release 
 and forward.
 
 
 
 --  
 Theo Schlossnagle
 http://lethargy.org/~jesus/
 



Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread Leif Hedstrom

On Apr 11, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com wrote:

 On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Yongming Zhao ming@gmail.com wrote:
 well, does that affect the ARM platform?
 
 ARMv6 (Raspberry Pi) and ARMv7 is 32-bit, but ARMv8 is 64-bit.  If
 someone is running ATS on ARMv6 or ARMv7...they can always stay on an
 old release.  -- justin


Exactly. The RM for v4.2.x even offered extending LTS for this release if 
there’s real demand for it.

+1 on abandoning 32-bit support (R.I.P.)

— Leif



Re: Proposal to remove 32bit support.

2014-04-11 Thread Alan M. Carroll
+1

 Given the nature of ATS and its focus exclusively on high performance 
 environments, I suggest we throw off the bonds of 32bit support going 
 forward.  I’m unaware of anyone running ATS on 32bit systems or developing 
 ATS on 32bit systems.

 I propose removing 32bit support in Apache Traffic Server in the 5 release 
 and forward.



 --  
 Theo Schlossnagle
 http://lethargy.org/~jesus/