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

[Aaron Honeycutt]

The original email has the link to the 64 bit builds but it works the same
for 32 bit but those will have to wait till Alpha 2 now.

On Jun 30, 2017 8:17 PM, "David Lang" <david at lang.hm> wrote:

> so what testing is needed? is it just "run it and report bugs" (i.e., "it
> works for me")
>
> or is there some objective way to perform tests and quantify the result?
>
> David Lang
>
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2017, Aaron Honeycutt wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:05:39 -0400
>> From: Aaron Honeycutt <honeycuttaaron3 at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Cc: Kubuntu Developer Discussion <kubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: Shall we drop i386 / 32-bit? If you think no, please test
>>
>> It's not a measure of users, we can't reason something if we don't get
>> enough testers to confirm the quality of the software.
>>
>> On Jun 30, 2017 7:17 PM, "Ferry Toth" <ftoth at exalondelft.nl> wrote:
>>
>> 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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