[OM Cooker] Say bye to i586

Kate Lebedeff kate at lebedeff.co.uk
Mon Aug 29 14:39:17 EDT 2016


Yes

Though the topic was brought up many times during last year, and maintaining takes a lot of attention, time and effort
Same time, many people say “yes please keep it” without real necessity

that is why that ‘contest’ could be a good way out. Just to show people that in fact they do not need this anymore

I would need Bero to explain his idea better:)



> On 29Aug, 2016, at 20:24, Raphaël Jadot <rj at hodo.fr> wrote:
> 
> I was indeed talking about this sentence:
> 
> “In 1 year we will have another same poll and see how things go.”
> 
> 29.08.2016, 00:25, "Kate Lebedeff" <kate at lebedeff.co.uk>:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Yes, and we followed the promise
>> 
>> Point is simple - 64 runs on almost anything, and maintaining 586 requires certain work, which we could redirect very efficiently
>> 
>> Conclusion: if 586 is indeed demanded, sure there will be 1-2 volunteers (more is not needed) who will jump in to take care of it
>> 
>> If there will not be 1-2 volunteers for it frm our dozens thousand community - well... Then it is not worth it
>> 
>> I just summarized seversl TC and council discussions on the topic
>> 
>> Let's catch up on wednesday and get to a conclusion
>> 
>>>  On 29.08.2016, at 00:15, Raphaël Jadot <rj at hodo.fr> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  A poll is what we told we would do.
>>> 
>>>  https://blog.openmandriva.org/2015/06/i586-we-follow-your-say/
>>> 
>>>  For info, there are people currently using i586 version. Latest examples in mind are
>>>  https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/conflicto-x11-server-common-al-querer-instalar-drivers-amd/667
>>>  https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/lx3-problem-during-installation-i586/609
>>> 
>>>  28.08.2016, 23:27, "Kate Lebedeff" <kate at lebedeff.co.uk>:
>>>>  *please let me know what we should ask for/ communicate to community
>>>> 
>>>>  Or shall we discuss it on wednesday to make sure we are all on same page?
>>>> 
>>>>>  On 28.08.2016, at 22:30, Alexander Stefanov-Khryukin <nobodydead at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Very good, absolutely agree about disabling i586.
>>>>>  But you sure, that we need to disable armv7hl?
>>>>>  I'm maintaining it ;)
>>>>> 
>>>>>  2016-08-28 16:35 GMT+03:00 Kate Lebedeff <kate at lebedeff.co.uk>:
>>>>>>  Hey Tomek
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  We had it in plan to say bye to i586, but it was decided that out of respect to the last poll results we had - we will first ask community if there are any volunteers to maintain it fully. If none within (1 week? ), then we move on
>>>>>>  If there will be someone - well, good:)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  Shall i make the relevant call?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  On 28.08.2016, at 14:58, Blackcrack <blackcrack at blackysgate.de> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  have we now a 686 ?
>>>>>>>  yes, i am, because Notebooks and other 5/686 computers on the way..
>>>>>>>  so long they are exist should the 586/686 exist ..
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>  Am 28.08.2016 um 14:42 schrieb Tomasz Paweł Gajc:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>  Hi, does anyone have anything to disable i586 builds on cooker ? Further i'll create list of i586 packages that are really needed to support applications on x86_64 and arm.
>>>>>>>> 
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