i386 phaseout discussion
Phasing out i386 Support in Dragonfly - Discussion
On IRC a discussion started if - and how - i386 support in DragonFly BSD should be phased out in the next e.g. 2 years. This page should serve as a central point to note down arguments, pro/cons etc in a structured and organized way to prevent the discussion to repeat over and over again using the same point, etc.
Points noted down here can be totally subjective and be posted anonymously - but I would like to suggest that you mark them with you name or irc nick. They should be formulated concise and as short as possbile (no poetry please).
lentferj
Pros and Cons on removing i386
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Cons
- "I am using it", and there are lots of non-64bit-only features I used with each new release (lentferj)
Pros and Cons on turning 3.4-i386 into a bug-fix-only release with LTS for a defined period of time (e.g. 2 years), but no more feature updates
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Cons
- i386 user base might still be pretty big (has to be evaluated) and would be curtained off also from none-64bit specific improvments (lentferj)
Pros and Cons on keeping i386 alive in the same way as it is now (e.g. there will be a i386-3.6 release, etc), but announcing i386 EOL for end of 20xx (e.g. 2014).
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Cons
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