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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:59:29 +0200
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Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32
From: wbrana <wbrana@gmail.com>
To: Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at>
Cc: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>,
        Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@tweek.dk>,
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On 8/24/12, Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at> wrote:
> What do you mean with "Linux"? The Linux kernel as such? Some (and
> which) distributions?
Linux kernel first, distributions and software will follow
>
> And you obviously never thought about embedded devices.
> Servers, laptops, notebooks and desktop computers are not the whole
> computing world - and from the pure numbers not even the majority BTW.
I don't request dropping support for ARM and other platforms which are
still in production

> Please proof that it will be developed "faster" (whatever that means
> to you). Thank you.
Developers won't have to maintain e.g. x86-32 assembler code and can
work on x32 and x86-64 instead.

> So you want the Linux kernel people to drop support for some
> architecture in the hope others follow (because you will consequently
> send mails there with "the Linux kernel dropped the support, you should
> too" hoping that some other software will be developed
> "faster" (whatever that means to you)?
exactly

> *If* you really miss something in some other parts (compilers,
> virtualization, ...) or they developing to slow *for you*, help them and
> send patches there but do not try to lure others into fighting your
> cause.
I don't have knowledge about compilers and virtualization. I work on
general GUI applications (Java and C++) and web pages.
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