Not just really, really old, but they in fact have long since been depreciated in any semblance of official support.
I get the friction especially for younger contributors, not that this is the case here. However there are architectures that havent even received a revision in their lifetime which old heads will take as personal slights for which heads must roll when presented with even the slightest of inconvenience for their hobbyist port.
I haven't seen any complaints from anyone who uses those ports personally. I would bet there's someone out there who uses Debian on those platforms, but 100% of the complaining I've seen online has been from people who don't use those ports.
It's the idea that's causing the backlash, not the impact.
I get the friction especially for younger contributors, not that this is the case here. However there are architectures that havent even received a revision in their lifetime which old heads will take as personal slights for which heads must roll when presented with even the slightest of inconvenience for their hobbyist port.