Bug#1036358: release-notes: Debian 12 expected to be last release w/ installer for i386
Package: release-notes
X-Debbugs-Cc: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
On Fri, 2023-05-19 at 15:03 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> I had been thinking about doing similar for installer images too, but
> with other work going on too I think it got too late in the cycle to
> make that change. My plan is therefore to ship i386 installer images
> for bookworm as normal (including bookworm point releases going
> forwards), but to disable those builds for testing/trixie
> ~immediately after the release.
I suggest to already document this in the release notes for bookworm,
possibly in Section 2.1 (Supported architectures) or a subsection in
Section 5 (Issues to be aware of for bookworm).
Maybe something along these lines:
+---
| Debian 12 is expected to be the last Debian release providing
| full support for i386. Debian 13 will only partially support
| i386 and no longer provide installation media for i386.
|
| We recommend hosts still running the i386 port to be upgraded
| to amd64. Legacy i386 software can be run using multi-arch,
| chroot environments or containers.
+---
Ansgar
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