i386 EOL plans for Xubuntu?

[Bryan Quigley]

Sorry for the late notice - there is a live discussion scheduled for
this Wednesday on this topic for any flavors that want to further the
discussion.

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-16 11/meeting/22714/architecture-discussions/

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Bryan Quigley
<bryan.quigley at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi Xubuntu 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.  I have some survey results [2] that might help with planning.
>
> The general ideas are either:
> *Start Dropping i386 for Xubuntu now*
> A. Drop Xubuntu i386 ISO for 16.10
> B. In addition to A, also block upgrades by dropping packages from
> i386 archive (say xfwm4, but that would need to wait for other derivs..).
>
> 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 Xubuntu for another 2+
> years (up from 3 years).
>
> Thoughts?
> Bryan
>
> * You could consider any packages that are 100% specific to the
> Xubuntu flavor.  I'll be reaching out to Mythbuntu and Ubuntu Studio
> separately.
>
> [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-June/039420.html
>
> [2] The total results for Xubuntu  (48 of the 300 responses - Second
> most responses).
>
> How long do you expect this machine to last?
> at least 1 year - 3
> at least 3 years - 18
> at least 5 years - 16
> at least 7 years or more - 11
>
> What would be the effect if support ended... (1 is no impact, 5 is
> significant impact)
> April 2019 (16.04 LTS support ends here for Xubuntu - 3 year LTS)
> 1 - 5
> 2 - 6
> 3 - 8
> 4 - 9
> 5 - 17
>
> April 2021
> 1 - 10
> 2 - 8
> 3 - 12
> 4 - 8
> 5 - 7
>
> April 2023
> 1 - 23
> 2 - 8
> 3 - 6
> 4 - 5
> 5 - 4
>
> i386 - To be clear I mean any 32-bit x86 platform (usually AMD/Intel/VIA).