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It's still supported on 18.04 LTS etc, they just don't want to support it in 20.04 LTS, so this is a preparation move. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n
by yskchu 7y ago
It's still supported on 18.04 LTS etc, they just don't want to support it in 20.04 LTS, so this is a preparation move.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Drops-32-bit-x86 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-D...
- meruru 7y agoI mean why not support it only on 20.04, 22.04 and so on.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- desas 7y agoBecause that code will then be untested for the releases between LTS and hence more fragile and expensive to support within it.
- meruru 7y agoThe code will be tested in its 64-bit form. Is 6 months not enough to check for 32-bit specific bugs? How often are there 32-bit bugs anyway?