Re: [PATCH] faq/64-bit.mdwn: added up to date 64-bit porting info open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn: added up to date 64-bit porting info

[jbranso]

May 13, 2023 1:46 PM, "Sergey Bugaev" <bugaevc@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 7:38 PM jbranso@dismail.de <jbranso@dismail.de> wrote:
> 
>> +Hurd developers are adding 64-bit support, and they plan to drop the
>> +32-bit support, once the 64-bit support is deemed stable.
> 
> Is this really the plan? :(
> 
> Has this been discussed anywhere?

It is entirely possible that I made up the plan to drop 32-bit support.  
I thought I had seem someone say that was the plan...

> 
> I understand that supporting multiple architectures can be a burden
> and that we don't nearly have the manpower behind Linux, and I'm
> certainly not signing up to support anything myself (nor do I have the
> required expertise to...), but I absolutely agree with you that having
> more diversity in supported/used configurations (not just one ISA, not
> just Debian) would be beneficial. I've already seen SerenityOS drop
> 32-bit support, and anyone involved can attest I was not happy about
> it.
> 
> Sergey