[arch-general] [Fwd: [arch-announce] Dropping i686 support]

[Antony]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 22:58, Chris Leng <rookie999.ly at gmail.com> wrote:
> err...
> I have to say, at the very beginning, the reason why I chose Arch was
> my old hardware: P4 2.0G (32bit) and 512MB DDR RAM.
> If i686 support was drooped someday, how about my old computer?
> I cannot cast it, however.

I think that x86_64 is the way to go.  We need to start making the
transition sooner rather than later.  I don't see what could be a
reasonable reason for staying with i686 for much longer.

We have x86_64 support in Java and Flash.  For the applications that
cannot make the transition as quickly, we have a transparent
translation 32bit -> 64bit layer.

In summary, let's move on up (to x86_64).


-- 
Sincerely,

Antony Jepson /  <antonyat at gmail.com> / GPG Key: 0xFA10ED80