Re: Architecture baseline for Forky

On October 27, 2025 10:38:57 PM GMT+01:00, Milan Kupcevic <milan@debian=2E=
org> wrote:
>On 10/26/25 8:21 AM, Bastian Blank wrote:
>> Hi
>
>Hi Bastian,
>
>>=20
>> We never did a real discussion about architecture baselines before, but=
 I think
>> we should do that=2E  We also don't have any guidelines what we as Debi=
an want to
>> actually support=2E  But given that we are a general purpose distributi=
on, we
>> have to find a balance=2E
>>=20
>> As a general guidance I would like to aim for a ten to 15 years support=
 range
>> at release time=2E=20
>
>
>It would be more reasonable to count 7 years since mass sales or wide ava=
ilability ends as hardware typically lasts 5 to 7 years in production envir=
onment=2E

We still have PCs running that were shipped 15 to 20 years ago that we and=
 their IT department wish would be replaced with something more recent=2E I=
t really only gets replaced when it stops working=2E

Kurt