Re: [PATCH 4/8] ci: switch away from unsupported i386/ubuntu image

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Oct 9, 2026, 05:46 UTC
Message-ID: <ash_0TF-PG710XJS@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq4iew12pw.fsf@gitster.g>

On Thu, Oct 08, 2026 at 11:12:11AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> >> The linux32 job is used to exercise Git on a 32 bit platform. That job
> >> uses i386/ubuntu:20.04 though, and that version of Ubuntu is end of life
> >> nowadays. Furthermore, Ubuntu has dropped support for 32 bit entirely
> >> with the 20.04 release, so we cannot easily upgrade it to a more recent
> >> image anymore.
> >
> > Should "with the 20.04 release" be 22.04 (or whatever
> > release dropped i386)?
> 
> FWIW, I read the above to mean "32bit support, together with 20.04,
> are now gone", and did not feel any need for rephrasing.  But
> reading it again, yes, it can be read both ways.
> 
>     Ubuntu has dropped support for 32-bit entirely, together with
>     20.04 release, so upgrading it to a more recent image would not
>     help us keeping 32-bit support.
> 
> perhaps?

I think that still reads a bit awkward. I've rewritten it to the following:

  The linux32 job is used to exercise Git on a 32 bit platform. That job
  uses i386/ubuntu:20.04 though, and that version of Ubuntu is end of life
  nowadays. Furthermore, Ubuntu 20.04 is the last release that has support
  for 32 bit, so we cannot upgrade the image to a later version, either.

Patrick