i386 EOL plans for Xubuntu?

[flocculant]

Thanks for bumping this prior to UOS Bryan.

It's unlikely that many (if any) from the Xubuntu Team will make it - we 
rarely manage to get to UOS's due to the time it runs.

Certainly for the time being we see no gain in losing i386 this side of 
18.04

regards

Kev

On 14/11/16 17:07, Bryan Quigley wrote:
> 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).