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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:10:06 -0500
From:      Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: da51a1211dc7 - main - RELNOTES: Note the deprecation of 32-bit platforms for 15.0.
Message-ID:  <F776F37E-844E-479A-B10C-9B207C7C9EB3@karels.net>
In-Reply-To: <137aaabe-cba6-e88d-05d6-7fd214c9a594@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <202308161653.37GGrXLu058051@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <137aaabe-cba6-e88d-05d6-7fd214c9a594@FreeBSD.org>

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On 16 Aug 2023, at 11:55, John Baldwin wrote:

> On 8/16/23 9:53 AM, John Baldwin wrote:
>> The branch main has been updated by jhb:
>>
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3Dda51a1211dc799fa123f5d7=
f041eaf83c36f976b
>>
>> commit da51a1211dc799fa123f5d7f041eaf83c36f976b
>> Author:     John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2023-08-16 16:49:17 +0000
>> Commit:     John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2023-08-16 16:52:16 +0000
>>
>>      RELNOTES: Note the deprecation of 32-bit platforms for 15.0.
>>          This draws a line in the sand of removing support for 32-bit =
worlds
>>      and kernels aside from COMPAT_FREEBSD32 and lib32 support.  The
>>      project may choose to alter this approach when 15.0 is released b=
y
>>      extending some level of 32-bit support in 15.0 or later.
>>          In particular, at present there is a fair bit of interest in =
retaining
>>      armv7 support in 15.0 at least.
>
> This language probably needs further tweaking before 14.0 ships, but it=
's a
> start at least, and we need to get the associated warning into 14.0 to =
give
> users lots of heads up before 15.0 ships.

=46rom the RELNOTES entry:

+	FreeBSD 15.0 will not include support for 32-bit platforms.

That sounds quite definite, although it is softened in the last paragraph=
=2E
Maybe "is not planned to include" or something like that?

		Mike

> -- =

> John Baldwin



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