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 ubuntu-desktop i386 ISO for 16.10 and drop some packages from the i386 archive - likely Unity7/8*. B. Just drop ubuntu-desktop 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 Unity flavor. [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-June/039420.html [2] These results are Unity specific (about 80 of the 300 responses). How long do you expect this machine to last? at least 1 year - 16 at least 3 years - 31 at least 5 years - 20 over 7 years -12 What would be the effect if support ended... (1 is no impact, 5 is significant impact) April 2019 1 - 21 2 - 9 3 - 12 4 - 12 5 - 19 April 2021 (16.04 LTS would cover these) 1 - 31 2 - 12 3 - 15 4 - 7 5 - 7 April 2023 1 - 47 2 - 5 3 - 12 4 - 3 5 - 4 -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
