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

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 11:24:38PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
>...
> 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.
>...

We will continue to have 1 release architecture and 6 ports 
architectures that are 32-bit.

The usual i386-specific problem is the excess precision of the x87, 
which goes away with a higher baseline.

> Have a nice day,
> 
> Charles

cu
Adrian