On 03/09/17 09:53, Jeff Backus wrote:
Hello Fedora!
As you may or may not be aware, there is an active discussion on the
development side as to whether or not we continue to support the x86
architecture.
There are a lot of exciting things happening within the Fedora community
on top of the amazing and significant effort we put into making sure
Fedora is stable, robust, and on the bleeding edge. And unfortunately,
the contributors doing all of this work are a limited resource so we
have to prioritize where we focus our attention.
Since x86-based hardware isn't very common anymore, it is understandable
that most of the development side of the community is ready to move on
and focus on other things that directly impact them. However, some of us
still have a desire to see Fedora continue to support this venerable
architecture.
Is x86 support still important to you? If so, then come join us! We need
all of the help we can get. Not a developer? No problem! We still need
people with hardware to help us evaluate software.
For those interested, you can find more information on the x86
Architectures page:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/x86
You can also find us on the x86 mailing list:
x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/x86.lists.fedoraproject.org/
We're also holding an organizational meeting on IRC in #fedora-meeting-2
on September 6th at 1900 UTC. We'd love to see you there!
jeff
Myself have two i686 machines running. One will be disposed of in the
next month or two. The second one is great for emergencies and as a
travel (where stupid spy/scan laws prevail) throw away computer.
If support is dropped, the second machine will survive on the latest
version that runs it until hardware is dead.
My choice is to see i686 to finally end.
On the other side of the coin, support for economies where used
computers are being used, as the cost of new hardware is beyond the
level of income for these locations. i686 is a way to provide a working
computer system without the extra costs. Support for many of these
machines may be necessary to provide a level of security.
BUT. How many of these places are actually running Linux at all? This
is a question to be asked. If the usage is small, then dropping support
may be an matter of economy of development resources.
Robin
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