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To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: considering i386 as a tier 1 architecture
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Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> writes:
> Since I am not a developer or user of such a system , I can not say
> whether 25000 packages are necessary for them or not.  Reducing any
> amount of work load which its outcome is not directly used is a
> contribution to the FreeBSD project by diverting such efforts to other
> man power or resources required areas.

You're assuming that maintaining i386 as a tier 1 platform really *does*
add significantly to our workload.

You should also check your calendar :)

DES
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