Re: The future of Linux32 builds and tests
William Lachance <[email protected]>
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On 15-10-08 09:40 PM, Mike Hommey wrote: > Debian is likely not very indicative of the overall Linux world. Taking > the primarily available figures from Debian and Ubuntu give completely > opposite pictures: > debian: i386: 51859, amd64: 132362 > ubuntu: i386: 2065695, amd64: 673565 > > (from popcon.ubuntu.com and popcon.debian.org) Are those Ubuntu numbers for installations in general, or Firefox specifically? I couldn't find out how to get architecture specific information from popcon, and I'm worried that the overall results include server installations (which would really skew them): http://popcon.ubuntu.com/main/index.html If that was referring to Firefox, it's probably representative. It appears popularity contest is installed on every Ubuntu instance: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuPopularityContest Even without specific numbers, the fact that Ubuntu continues to see a 32-bit desktop version of their desktop operating system as worth shipping and supportive is probably indicative in itself. Will