Hello, On 28 June 2016 at 21:08, Seth Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: >> 18.04 LTS: >> * continue to provide i386 port to run legacy applications on amd64 >> * stop producing i386 d-i / netboot installer >> * stop producing i386 kernel >> * stop producing i386 cloud-images >> * stop producing i386 ubuntu-desktop.iso >> * stop producing i386 ubuntu-server.iso >> >> 18.10+: >> * Stop providing i386 port >> * Run legacy i386 only application in snaps / containers / virtual machines > > I'm afraid this proposal may strand some current i386 users on a release > with no lifetime to it. > > 16.04's 32 bit support has a five-year lifespan. We may not be able to > support the whole thing for the full five years but it should mostly work. > > But if we release 16.10, 17.04, 17.10 i386, we're basically encouraging > users to install them and upgrade them and then find out in mid-2018 that > they've reached the end of their OS life and no way back to the safety of > 16.04 LTS.
My current hunch is like this at the moment: - 18.04 to still have an i386 port in the archive, and be upgradable to. - 18.04 not having desktop/server install media (however maybe even releases before that) - 18.04 has "ubuntu-desktop" but without security support - 18.04 on i386 having a limited security support, driven only by particular products if any are on the support timeline at the time -- Regards, Dimitri. -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
