[email protected] wrote: >On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 03:43:24PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote: >> >> If i386 ends up only being useful for running such software (which is not yet >> the case), and that ends up broken, or untestable in any reasonable sense, I >> would say that argues for dropping i386 entirely. >>... > >wine32 is another major use case, and that might stay around forever. > >In practice we will have to revisit the i386 topic when 2038 comes closer, >Debian 17 in 2033 is the last release where we can currently include i386.
Why do you say that? We *know* that y2038 time-handling will be broken for the sake of those older proprietary/non-native binaries, but that's something we'll have to accept (have already accepted?). It's not fixable. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
