On 07/04/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Manuel Tuthill</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:Manuel@nebula-it.co.uk">Manuel@nebula-it.co.uk</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Overall not everyone can run i686 for whatever reason. The fact remains IMO<br> that there is still a fair amount of need for an i586 image regardless of it<br> it&#39;s for fall back issues or run natively I also believe that this isn&#39;t<br>
 catered for by Centos 4 with support that run&#39;s out in ~4 years.</blockquote><div><br>But surely we should not forget the basic essential of the CentOS Project - it&#39;s equivalence to Upstream&#39;s EL. If Upstream support an i586 in their EL 5 then, yes, CentOS should.<br>
<br>Manuel has put forward a valid argument for CentOS 5 i586 support but it should not be at the detriment of the CentOS Project&#39;s core ethos. Perhaps i586 support could be provided as an offshoot (which, given time, will become a dead-end). Support which Manuel, and like minded persons, could provide (under the watchful eye of one of the core developers) perhaps?<br>
<br>Alan.<br></div><br></div><br>