Hi The (2024.06.10_12:22:14_+0000) > How to get access to the right parts of the waste stream to be able to > pull out some working 64-bit hardware is another question, and one where > I don't have an answer that wouldn't involve spending money (which would > presumably make the proposed alternative insufficiently comparable, > since presumably you wouldn't have to spend money to keep the existing > 32-bit machine in service). If Andrey does, I'd be interested to learn > it.
The point here is that the Debian project is not intending to support new hardware on the i386 architecture. The architecture is being kept around primarily to support running old i386 binaries. We didn't bring 64bit time_t to the architecture, because of this goal. There isn't a team working on a modern 32 bit x86 port. We're just trying to keep the old one going for as long as we can. You're welcome to try to form such a team, of course :) The cost of supporting a port of Debian is far more than the cost of the machines needed to build it. Never mind the cost of 1 user's machine. Stefano -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/
