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On Thu, 2005-01-09 at 19:02 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 19:50:11 +0200 "Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten=C3=B2"
> <flameeyes@gentoo.org> wrote:
> | On Thursday 01 September 2005 19:41, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> | > Untrue.
> |
> | Can I have reasoning?
>=20
> Take a look at how sparc and mips currently handle packages which will
> run on some CPU kinds or ABIs but not others.

Is it just me, it seems that only sparc/mips devs want that kind of
change and non none of the x86/amd64 devs...=20

I still dont see what practical advantage that would bring to x86/amd64
users or developers?=20

--=20
Olivier Cr=C3=AAte
tester@gentoo.org
Gentoo Developer
x86 Security Liaison


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