Shall we drop i386 / 32-bit? If you think no, please test

[Ferry Toth]

Op Fri, 30 Jun 2017 06:55:42 -0400, schreef Clay Weber:

> The lack of testers, the lack of bug reports, and the lack of response
> here seem to indicate that i386 users in our community are a rather tiny
> group. One that is likely shrinking even more.

My mother uses i386. But she doesn't read this list. And I doubt she 
would be able to help testing or write bug reports. She is 76 years old.

I don't thing lack of testers or bug reports is a good measure for lack 
of users. There must be a better way, like counting downloads of a 
specific package (i386 vs ams64).

Don't forget kubuntu is likely to be installed on older machines as a 
replacement of WinXP and many are i386.

> The short lifespans of non-LTS releases do not help, either. Perhaps
> dropping support now may  be the best time to pull the plug.On Jun 29,
> 2017 4:33 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello folks, Art Alpha 1 is released today: release notes:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/Alpha1/Kubuntu
>>
>> Please report test results here:
>> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/378/builds
>>
>> If we don't get complete test coverage on the i386 test cases, I think
>> we should drop it now. the KCI doesn't build the images, we get no
>> questions about 32-bit any more, and it is in general a pain to
>> support.
>>
>> Is there any reason to keep it?
>>
>> Valorie
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