i386 EOL plans for Kubuntu?

[Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN]

I'd propose we don't drop the 32bit release. In fact, I'd also propose that
we prepare it with a 32bit EFI support for those special little snowflakes
out there.

*Ovidiu - Florin BOGDAN*
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2016-11-14 19:07 GMT+02:00 Bryan Quigley <bryan.quigley at canonical.com>:

> Sorry for the late notice - there is a live discussion scheduled for
> this Wednesday on this topic for any flavors that want to further the
> discussion.
>
> http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-16 11/meeting/22714/architecture-discussions/
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Bryan Quigley
> <bryan.quigley at canonical.com> wrote:
> > 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
>
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