i386 EOL plans for Ubuntu Desktop?

[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 ubuntu-desktop i386 ISO for 16.10 and drop some packages from
the i386 archive - likely Unity7/8*.
B.  Just drop ubuntu-desktop 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 Unity flavor.

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

[2] These results are Unity specific (about 80 of the 300 responses).
How long do you expect this machine to last?
at least 1 year - 16
at least 3 years - 31
at least 5 years - 20
over 7 years -12

What would be the effect if support ended... (1 is no impact, 5 is
significant impact)
April 2019
1 - 21
2 - 9
3 - 12
4 - 12
5 - 19

April 2021  (16.04 LTS would cover these)
1 - 31
2 - 12
3 - 15
4 - 7
5 - 7

April 2023
1 - 47
2 - 5
3 - 12
4 - 3
5 - 4