[ubuntu-mythtv] i386 EOL plans for Mythbuntu?

[Bryan Quigley]

Hi Thomas,

> We already don't ship ISOs for non-LTS releases, so I see this as 2
> questions.
>
> 1) Whether we want to have an 32-bit ISO for 18.04
> 2) What to do regarding packages for 16.10.
>
> Regarding #2, I'd like to wait and see what Ubuntu does for 16.10. I'd also
> like to check if the MythTV smolt data contains information on if the CPUs
> have 64-bit support.

Smolt seems super useful, but it appears to be discontinued, so I'm
guessing they won't be adding a feature to check for lm (and some
users might have i386 BIOSes).
For future reference, the results at
http://smolt.mythtv.org/static/stats/stats.html today are -
x86_64 - 4808 - 82.9 %
i686 -969 -16.7 %

Ubuntu is 88% of the total in underlying OS (20% 16.04, 67% 14.04).

> For #1, the answer may be a little easier. I'm leaning toward dropping ISOs
> completely pending my move to snap packaging. I've thought the concept of
> snaps made the most sense for MythTV since they came about a few years ago.
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to say "install snappy core, then install the
> mythtv snap" although I understand it won't be quite that simple.

Very cool idea, looking forward to seeing it :).  MythTV does seem
like a great fit into the Snappy story.

Kind regards,
Bryan

>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:47 AM Bryan Quigley <bryan.quigley at canonical.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mythbuntu team,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> The general ideas are either:
>> *Start Dropping i386 for Mythbuntu now*
>> A. Drop Mythbuntu i386 ISO for 16.10
>> B. In addition to A, also block upgrades by dropping packages from
>> i386 archive (say mythtv).
>>
>> Some Pros:  Halves the test cases you need to go through.   Reduces
>> bandwidth usage and makes it more obvious for new users what to
>> download.  (Read other thread for some others)
>>
>> *Wait until after 18.04 and then reconsider dropping i386*
>>
>> Pros:  Maintain older hardware running Mythbuntu for another 2+
>> years (up from 3 years).
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Bryan
>>
>> * You could consider any packages that are 100% specific to the
>> Mythbuntu flavor.
>>
>> [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-June/039420.html
>>
>> i386 - To be clear I mean any 32-bit x86 platform (usually AMD/Intel/VIA).
>>
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