On 2018-12-12 08:40, Andreas Enge wrote:
On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 03:16:56AM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
I'm opposed to dropping i686 support. If we dropped support for systems
that are not well supported in Guix, the only system left standing would
be x86_64-linux. I believe it is of paramount importance that Guix be
portable to multiple processor architectures. Even if we are not yet
able to provide a good user experience on other systems, we can still
keep the bulk of our code portable and multi-architecture aware.
I whole-heartedly agree with Mark. We will not drop i686 support.
And a big advantage of i686, even if noone were to use it anymore, is that
we have a large build farm capacity, since it is built on the x86_64 machines.
So it can act as our "canary in the mine", warning of portability problems.
Thanks for sharing your views on this.
I suggest we clearly state in the download page and or in the manual
(Limitations) that i686 is a somewhat rough experience with not as many
substitutes as x86_64 and might have more bugs too.
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Cheers
Swedebugia
