I have a 2011/2012 Ivy bridge laptop (i7, 16GB RAM, SSD disk, third battery replacement), I upgraded it. I plan to use it for up to 3-4 more years if it holds up. After reading the mailing list I support the split.
The title in Phoenix says "dropping from Mainline"... "splitting from mainline" would be more accurate and similar to what has been written in the proposal.
There are good reasons for the split. The reasons against it seem to be mostly fear of being abandoned. In my opinion so far Mesa devs have done a great job. I trust they won't abandon users of the legacy/classic branch. They even were friendly enough to call it LTS (committing at least in name to long term support).
Thanks for all the work, Mesa devs!
The title in Phoenix says "dropping from Mainline"... "splitting from mainline" would be more accurate and similar to what has been written in the proposal.
There are good reasons for the split. The reasons against it seem to be mostly fear of being abandoned. In my opinion so far Mesa devs have done a great job. I trust they won't abandon users of the legacy/classic branch. They even were friendly enough to call it LTS (committing at least in name to long term support).
Thanks for all the work, Mesa devs!
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