<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Bryan<br><br></div>There are a lot of older very good quality 32 bit machines around, especially in 3rd world countries.<br><br></div>In my opinion it makes sense to keep the 32 bit distributions alive still. (also with Pentium M series processor non-PAE processor)<br></div>Also it can be monitored how many 32 bit Iso's are actually still downloaded, that gives a good indication of what the need for these 32 bit versions there still is.<br><br><div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>Met vriendelijke groet / Best regards,<br><br>Jan Holtman<br><br><a href="mailto:1%3Aoulik.jan@gmail.com" target="_blank">oulik.jan@gmail.com</a><br><br><a href="mailto:2%3Ajan.holtman@live.com" target="_blank"></a></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Bryan Quigley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bryan.quigley@canonical.com" target="_blank">bryan.quigley@canonical.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Lubuntu team,<br>
<br>
>From the thread on Ubuntu-devel/discuss [1] I'm going to start<br>
conversations with each flavor on what their plans are for i386 in the<br>
18.04 timeframe. I have some survey results [2] that might help with planning.<br>
<br>
Lubuntu also has a PowerPC port so discussing plans around that might<br>
be worth while as well.<br>
<br>
The general ideas are either:<br>
*Start Dropping i386 for Lubuntu now*<br>
A. Drop Lubuntu i386 ISO for 16.10<br>
B. In addition to A, also block upgrades by dropping packages from<br>
i386 archive (say lxde-core).<br>
<br>
Some Pros: Halves the test cases you need to go through. Reduces<br>
bandwidth usage and makes it more obvious for new users what to<br>
download. (Read other thread for some others)<br>
<br>
*Wait until after 18.04 and then reconsider dropping i386*<br>
<br>
Pros: Maintain older hardware running Lubuntu for another 2+<br>
years (up from 3 years).<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
Bryan<br>
<br>
* You could consider any packages that are 100% specific to the Lubuntu flavor.<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-June/039420.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-June/039420.html</a><br>
<br>
[2] The total results for Lubuntu (43 of the 300 responses).<br>
Not surprising given that you are the most lightweight (by memory)<br>
distribution, users expected to get longer use out of their machines<br>
then with any other desktop flavor.<br>
<br>
How long do you expect this machine to last?<br>
at least 1 year 4<br>
at least 3 years 13<br>
at least 5 years 8<br>
at least 7 years or more 18<br>
<br>
What would be the effect if support ended... (1 is no impact, 5 is<br>
significant impact)<br>
April 2019 (16.04 LTS support ends here for Lubuntu - 3 year LTS)<br>
1 - 4<br>
2 - 5<br>
3 - 8<br>
4 - 7<br>
5 - 17<br>
<br>
April 2021<br>
1 - 11<br>
2 - 9<br>
3 - 5<br>
4 - 4<br>
5 - 12<br>
<br>
April 2023<br>
1 - 22<br>
2 - 4<br>
3 - 2<br>
4 - 1<br>
5 - 11<br>
<br>
i386 - To be clear I mean any 32-bit x86 platform (usually AMD/Intel/VIA).<br>
PowerPC - Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks<br>
and PowerBooks as well as older IBM OpenPower 7xx machines.<br>
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