Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)
On Fri, 2023-05-19 at 20:57 +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Hmm. I find the netboot installer archives very useful for rescue
> purposes. This sometimes involves PC hardware too old for amd64. I PXE
> booted a 20+ year old laptop with no DVD/CD drive (Compaq Evo N410c - CD
> drive was part of the optional docking station) using a bullseye
> netboot.tar not long ago.
You can keep using the bullseye netboot.tar for the next 20+ years to
rescue boot an ancient system, copy the data off of it, and then
responsibly dispose the system.
I don't think this is a good argument to keep generating i386 install
media.
> Not a major thing, but if you're going to keep most of i386 anyway...
I would hope we could eventually drop some expensive, useless packages
from i386 like src:linux.
Ansgar
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