Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:
> 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.
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.
Not a major thing, but if you're going to keep most of i386 anyway...
Bjørn
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