Re: proposal [Forky i386] : linux-image-pentium4

>ke 12.8.2026 klo 13.23 Martin-Éric Racine ([email protected]) kirjoitti:
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>> shipping i386 as a demi-architecture simply doesn't make sense

Le Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 10:12:46AM +0100, Simon McVittie a écrit :
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>It does make sense for exactly the use-case described in the release 
>notes: running legacy 32-bit binaries on an amd64 system.
[…]
>Ubuntu has been more aggressive about removing the parts of i386
>outside that set, but this is a trade-off: our approach compiles a lot
>more code on i386 even in cases where it's completely unnecessary,
>while their approach requires i386 special-cases in the build systems
>of more packages, and active maintenance of a list of packages that are
>still required on i386. It isn't yet obvious which one of these two
>approaches minimizes the work required.

Hi Simon and everyone,

Innovation is great, that is how we stay what we are.  Partial
architectures are extra work but can bear fruits as you explained. But.

I have made hundreds of uploads on packages that I am quite certain are
not needed in the supported use case for the i386 partial architecture,
and alltogether, I feel that it i386 issues cost significant amounts of
my "Debian time" without having the joy of seeing i386 users expressing
their satisfaction to still be able to do scientific computing with
up-to-date software on their machines.

I would appreciate if there would be easier way to turn off (and on)
i386 or any future new partial relesease without having to update
control fields and reupload a package and its whole dependency chain.

Have a nice day,

Charles