Validity of i686 as a release blocker

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 10:40:28 -0400,
  "Paul W. Frields" <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Ambivalent" is probably understated here.  It's hard to imagine
>people securing i686 hardware these days to run a Workstation
>experience, after all.

I still use i686 for my primary server, primary desktop and primary laptop. 
I just don't hit install issues as I rarely due fresh install on those 
machines. I do try to help debug kernel issues.
I am unlikely to buy i686 hardware, but I might scrounge some if I could 
get it for free.