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Date:      Thu, 24 May 2018 08:07:18 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
Cc:        Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>, "rgrimes@freebsd.org" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r333388 - in head: . share/man/man4 sys/confsys/dev/nxge sys/modules sys/modules/nxge tools/kerneldoc/subsys tools/toolstools/tools/nxge usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share
Message-ID:  <20180524080718.GA88772@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20180523193027.825583BC@spqr.komquats.com>
References:  <20180523193027.825583BC@spqr.komquats.com>

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On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 12:30:26PM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote:
> Except for old computers and old software that segfaults on 64-bit,
> how many people still use i386?

i386 is my primary development machine at $work and home; I have one
amd64 laptop and one i386, and a Mac mini G4 (powerpc32).  Most of my
hardware are 32-bit and I intend to keep it this way.  I don't feel
comfortable with 64-bit arches, and only use them reluctantly.

> Full disclosure: I'd like to see i386 deorbited before I retire.

What's with all you people wanting to kill perfectly working stuff?
Fix bugs, don't axe features.

./danfe



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