I also disagree with this decision. In my country, there is A LOT of hardware (minilaptops, old computers) with just 1 GB of RAM; those computers have 64-bit CPUs, but we recommend installing 32-bit distros on them, because the performance of a 64-bit distribution in 1 GB of RAM is disappointing; it's too slow because applications compiled for 64-bit eat more memory. Most people just can't pay the RAM upgrade to 2 GB or 4 GB (that upgrade costs one month of sallary in many countries).
GNU/Linux is the natural option in developing countries. The government of my country gave 2,6 millions of minilaptops to children in the last 8 years, all with 1 GB of RAM and a Debian-based 32-bit Linux distro. I apologize for the rudeness of what I'm going to say, but stop creating 32-bit distributions is a decision that seems taken by people living in New York, having computers with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB SSDs, and believing that the rest of the world lives like them. Regards. El vie., 21 de jun. de 2019 a la(s) 10:53, Erich Eickmeyer ( er...@ericheickmeyer.com) escribió: > Hello Steve, > > >Last year, the Ubuntu developer community considered the question of > whether > >to continue carrying forward the i386 architecture in the Ubuntu > archive for > >future releases.[1] The discussion at the time was inconclusive, but in > >light of the strong possibility that we might not include i386 as a > release > >architecture in 20.04 LTS, we took the proactive step to disable upgrades > >from 18.04 to 18.10 for i386 systems[2], to avoid accidentally stranding > >users on an interim release with 9 months of support instead of letting > them > >continue to run Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with its 5 years of standard support. > > > >In February of this year, I also posted to communicate the timeline in > which > >we would take a final decision about i386 support in 20.04 LTS[3], namely, > >that we would decide in the middle of 2019. > > > >The middle of 2019 has now arrived. The Ubuntu engineering team has > >reviewed the facts before us and concluded that we should not continue to > >carry i386 forward as an architecture. Consequently, i386 will not be > >included as an architecture for the 19.10 release, and we will shortly > begin > >the process of disabling it for the eoan series across Ubuntu > >infrastructure. > > > >While this means we will not provide 32-bit builds of new upstream > versions > >of libraries, there are a number of ways that 32-bit applications can > >continue to be made available to users of later Ubuntu releases, as > detailed > >in [4]. We will be working to polish the 32-bit support story over the > >course of the 19.10 development cycle. To follow the evolution of this > >support, you can participate in the discourse thread at [5]. > > > >[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-May/040310.html > >[2] > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/1:18.10.10 > >[3] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2019-February/040598.html > >[4] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-May/040348.html > >[5] > > https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/i386-architecture-will-be-dropped-starting-with-eoan-ubuntu-19-10/11263/2 > > It took me a while to reach this decision, but I believe my response is > in order. > > I really wish the flavor leads had been consulted prior to this decision > being made. You yourself even sponsored a package back in March that is > directly affected by this decision. > > One of the biggest features of Carla being in the repositories is that > it allows a WINE Bridge for Windows-based VST plugins, the vast majority > of which are STILL compiled in 32-bit. Without 32-bit support, this > feature is dead. This makes converting to Ubuntu Studio from Windows > especially hard on those who rely on Windows VST plugins, the vast > majority for which there is no Linux alternative. If this WINE bridge > disappears due to this decision, so does a large part of our user base. > We're talking a huge chunk of professional recording studios and artists > that would rather not be running Windows. > > I understand this decision has been made, but with my Ubuntu Studio > Project Leader hat on, I can say that this is an extreme disservice to > our user base and community. If it's possible to reconsider this > decision at this point, I urge you to do so. > > Best regards, > Erich Eickmeyer > ---- > Erich Eickmeyer > Project Leader > Ubuntu Studio > > ubuntustudio.org > > -- > ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list > ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel >
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