Dear Ben, Ben Hutchings schrieb am 19.11.2011 23:42: > The i386 architecture was the first in Linux and in Debian, but we have > long since dropped support for the original i386-compatible processors > and now require a minimum of a 486-class processor. > > I think it is time to increase the minimum requirement to 586-class, if > not for wheezy then immediately after. (Later it should be increased > further, and eventually i386 should be reduced to a partial architecture > that may be installed on amd64 systems.) This would allow the use of > optimisations and new instructions throughout userland that improve > performance for the vast majority of users.
I think "in time for Wheezy" would be fine. People with an older CPU will most likely not have that much fun with newer releases anyway, simply because a lot of programs tend to get bigger and more power-hungry over time. Just out of curiosity: are there any numbers available, indicating how many installations with CPUs with an instruction set < 586 are still in use? Does popcon collect such information? Kind regards, Kai Wasserbäch -- E-Mail: cu...@debian.org IRC: Curan Jabber: dri...@debianforum.de URL: http://wiki.debian.org/C%C3%B9ran GnuPG: 0xE1DE59D2 0600 96CE F3C8 E733 E5B6 1587 A309 D76C E1DE 59D2
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