i386 EOL plans for Kubuntu?

[Bryan Quigley]

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 kubuntu i386 ISO for 16.10 and drop some packages from
the i386 archive - like kwin/kwayland*.
B.  Just drop kubuntu 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 Kubuntu flavor.

[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-June/039420.html

[2] These results are Kubuntu specific (22 of the 300 responses).
Given the lower response rate I would guess that less Kubuntu users
use i386 to begin with.  Over half of the Kubuntu responses are from
64-bit capable machines but using i386 due to memory or other
constraints.

How long do you expect this machine to last?
at least 1 year - 3
at least 3 years - 11
at least 5 years - 5
at least 7 years - 3

What would be the effect if support ended... (1 is no impact, 5 is
significant impact)
April 2019 (16.04 LTS support ends here for Kubuntu - 3 year LTS)
1 - 7
2 - 3
3 - 3
4 - 3
5 - 5

April 2021
1 - 12
3 - 3
4 - 2
5 - 2

April 2023
1 - 13
2 - 4
3 - 2