On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox at ubuntu.com> wrote: > 18.10+: > * Stop providing i386 port > * Run legacy i386 only application in snaps / containers / virtual machines In terms of running legacy i386 applications in snaps / containers / VMs only, Wine is a major user of 32-bit libraries which I didn't seen mentioned on this thread. Many of the apps people run with Wine are legacy 32-bit only Windows applications where recompiling to 64-bit is simply not an option. Wine users should be fine using a 64-bit .iso image for install purposes, but the need to package a full set of 32-bit libraries would be a major burden for wine packagers. In particular Wine needs access to the graphics stack, the 32-bit version of which was mentioned in this thread as possibly expendable. By way of disclosure, I am the product manager for CodeWeavers' CrossOver, a commercial wrapper for Wine. I think all Wine users would be negatively impacted if 32-bit libraries were no longer available from Ubuntu, however. Please keep that in mind as you decide when and whether to drop 32-bit libraries or merely cease building 32-bit install .isos. We'd really like to have the libraries stick around. Thanks, Josh
