From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EAu5i-0003TC-S3 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:47:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j81IhgZC027901; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:43:42 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j81Idonx009700 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:39:51 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EAu0w-0006JS-HE for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:42:19 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EAu0v-0002aL-C8 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:42:17 +0100 Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 19:42:12 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64 Message-ID: <20050901194212.45ae2570@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <1125599804.15722.18.camel@cocagne.max-t.internal> References: <20050901171028.GW18440@bmb24.uth.tmc.edu> <200509011923.58239@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org> <20050901184101.5ed8cadc@snowdrop.home> <200509011950.24494@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org> <20050901190259.31d68edd@snowdrop.home> <1125599804.15722.18.camel@cocagne.max-t.internal> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Thu__1_Sep_2005_19_42_12_+0100_jyRvwKXaUHMEhFvv; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 0375a745-f722-4eaf-930d-e23523fd35fd X-Archives-Hash: bd4575cbade9ab9bf5d79c4bf2285c2c --Signature_Thu__1_Sep_2005_19_42_12_+0100_jyRvwKXaUHMEhFvv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:36:44 -0400 Olivier Crete wrote: | 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 The people who have worked with such a system before and understand how it works and what all it can do want change. Those who don't understand the system and think that it has all kinds of problems that are really just a lack of understanding don't want it to change. | I still dont see what practical advantage that would bring to | x86/amd64 users or developers?=20 QA. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Thu__1_Sep_2005_19_42_12_+0100_jyRvwKXaUHMEhFvv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDF0uJ96zL6DUtXhERAk64AJ9WqYdgJcV8PdlDLDEVVg2sQmN+FQCgmgPt ybcDmG63TKAEg6fAciYsKh8= =RHSi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Thu__1_Sep_2005_19_42_12_+0100_jyRvwKXaUHMEhFvv-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list