Old Stuff

[Niels Kobschätzki]

I have the feeling that the FreeBSD-userbase and the Ubuntu-userbase
differs. And the rollback is probably mostly because Steam threatened to
drop support for Ubuntu. Does FreeBSD have a native Steam-client?
Loosing wine-support might hurt but my guess is that it still wouldn't
be that bad.
I'd prefer to have an additional 32-bit operating system out there for
that old hardware. But this role might be fulfilled by NetBSD as well.

Dropping old stuff like telnet and ftp from base is imho good as long as
they move then to ports. I wouldn't like to loose telnet because I am
still not that comfortable in using netcat as a telnet-replacement when
I need to do debugging with some mail server for example that doesn't
support yet transport encryption.

Niels

Aaron C. de Bruyn via freebsd-security <freebsd-security at freebsd.org> writes:

> Ubuntu made the decision, then rolled it back (partially) due to community
> outcry. (https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-19-10-drops-32-bit-support/)
> If your reason for wanting to drop support is "Ubuntu is doing it", my
> response would be "cool story bro".
> Can you state what you are trying to accomplish by dropping support so the
> merits can be debated?
>
> -A
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 11:47 AM Robert Simmons <rsimmons0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am and am not. Ubuntu has made this choice recently. I doubt I am alone
>> in my thinking. I fully expected instant pushback on both suggestions.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019, 13:29 Luke Crooks <luke at solentwholesale.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Clearly you underestimate the technical debt for both hardware and
>> > software technologies, still very much in use today.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Luke Crooks
>> > Solent Wholesale Carpets
>> >
>> > On Wed, 24 Jul 2019, 17:58 Robert Simmons, <rsimmons0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I wonder if FreeBSD should drop support for 32bit? Clean out and remove
>> >> all
>> >> of it. It should make the code base easier to maintain, cleaner, and
>> >> safer.
>> >>
>> >> In this same vein, let's deprecate and remove things like telnet and
>> ftp.
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Schöne Grüße

Niels