Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:14:31 +0000 From: void <void@f-m.fm> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Future of armv7 Message-ID: <aRjRFwK3Iswols0Y@int21h> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfqqWET_F54%2Bf8JKkdCbg7BYt-F5FOEXrPg6u7EwtUjWqg@mail.gmail.com> References: <8aa378a1-94fb-4cb1-9bca-8e68eb8e0938@FreeBSD.org> <CAJ-Vmonf37A6Wzc01dCTJc3qdWq6f0CNvWPh%2BS0s9GD=aiwvLQ@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfpW%2BGiCbSHuaZbOnNXXqqtm%2BMv3qJmHpYRXBJKbcJOq9Q@mail.gmail.com> <aRjG_eZ8mqUyebgY@int21h> <CANCZdfqqWET_F54%2Bf8JKkdCbg7BYt-F5FOEXrPg6u7EwtUjWqg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 11:44:42AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: >Community surveys, show of hands at conferences, mailing list traffic and >armv7 package downloads (this is second hand). Hmm. OK. But you'd never have counted my usage for example, and I use 3x rpi2b's. I've never seen a survey about this and I've never attended a conference. Much of the time if there's an issue I'd search first before posting on freebsd-arm@. I think it's reasonable to assume I'm not alone in this. And I'd prefer to compile from ports, not use packages because packages have been very stale, and they've been that way for a long time. I think also it's reasonable to assume I'm not alone here. I mean ultimately the decision to stop supporting armv7 can be for any reason, or no reason at all. But the counting of "usage" as justification is defective IMO because "usage" cannot be measured with any accuracy at all as far as I can tell with the methods you have described. --
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