Per Jessen composed on 2015-09-05 27:27 (UTC+0200):
Michal Kubecek wrote:
Not necessarily. People having _only_ 32-bit hardware would be quite rare today. And if you have a mix, is absence of an official 32-bit build reason to migrate even the 64-bit ones? Someone might but not everyone. And even for those 32-bit machines, there are other options, like leaving them on Evergreen 13.1. Someone might even take it as the push to finally upgrade.
So yes, there are probably some people who would be so angry that they would move all their systems to a different distribution.
Not for reasons of anger, only simple necessity. As I think I have said before, I have a strong sentimental tie to open/SUSE, but if it ceases to suit my purposes, I have to look elsewhere.
But I don't think such extreme approach would be taken by majority of current i586 openSUSE users.
Well, given that openSUSE appears to be planning to abandon all "current i586 openSUSE users", I expect those users are planning to abandon current openSUSE :-(
Speaking of "current" openSUSE users, has anyone considered the hundreds or thousands of reputed openSUSE-based derivatives? I have to guess most if not all of those that aren't true forks and now offer 32 bit would have to cease doing so if enough manpower to maintain a port isn't realized. Or, maybe a useful number of those providing them could be induced to contribute to a 32 bit port maintenance process. -- "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