Michal Kubecek composed on 2015-08-28 08:48 (UTC+0200):
I'm afraid discontinuing i586 would be something I would call acknowledging the state of things and stopping pretending rather than some big and groundbreaking step.
Last I checked every distrowatch listing above openSUSE still provided a 32 bit version, and IIRC, it was necessary to drop below the top 10 to find one that didn't. Fedora still calls its 386. I remember seeing plenty of threads around where this sort of topic has come up, and seeing lots of people still using 32 bit by preference on their 64 bit systems. It seems to me any acknowledgement would primarily be that the majority of developers don't want to bother with less than the newest and fastest machines, largely I'll bet to compensate for software bloat, driving the cycle that makes vendors happy, but not so much users, particularly those on tight budgets. It won't surprise me if whichever top 10 distro first dumps 32 bit falls at least 2 spots in short order, unless several do it in short order. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org