fc9c30dd |
1 | ## Phasing out i386 Support in Dragonfly - Discussion |
2 | |
3 | On IRC a discussion started if - and how - i386 support in DragonFly BSD should be phased out in the next e.g. 2 years. |
4 | 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. |
5 | |
6 | 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). |
7 | |
8 | lentferj |
9 | |
10 | |
11 | |
12 | |
13 | ### Pros and Cons on removing i386 |
14 | |
15 | * #### Pros |
16 | * free developer resources to concentrate on x86-64 (lentferj) |
17 | |
18 | * #### Cons |
19 | * ... |
20 | |
21 | |
22 | ### Pros and Cons on turning 3.4-i386 into a bug-fix-only release with LTS for about 2 years, but no more feature updates |
23 | |
24 | |
25 | * #### Pros |
26 | * ... |
27 | |
28 | * #### Cons |
29 | * i386 user base might still be pretty big (has to be evaluated) and would be curtained off also from none-64bit specific improvments. |
30 | |
31 | |
32 | |
33 | ### 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 2014. |
34 | |
35 | * #### Pros |
36 | * ... |
37 | |
38 | * #### Cons |
39 | * ... |
40 | |
41 | |
42 | |
43 | |
44 | |
45 | |
46 | |
47 | |
48 | |