Fwd: Re: Proposal to drop 32-bit Ubuntu GNOME support after 18.04 LTS

[Pander]

On 2017-04-02 09:53, Tim wrote:
> It is somewhat impossible to get solid stats due to the distributed
> nature of OSS.  There is no way to track downloads from all the mirrors,
> or how many users we have.
> 
> 
> We still have users using 32-bit on amd64 capable hardware, but if you
> exclude them the number on 32-bit only hardware by 2021 should be minimal.
> 
> 
> There are plenty of distro's/spins who focus is on supporting legacy
> hardware.

Perhaps add an option in the installer of 32-bit distros to notify
Ubuntu of this installation after the user has explicitly chosen to do
so. Users of versions nearing end-of-life are more prone to notify
active usage for extended support.