From: "Kevin F. Quinn" <kevquinn@gentoo.org>
To: <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:26:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <UJVGD5.1817480335VE0LRR@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 43174E56.10506@gentoo.org
On 1/9/2005 20:54:14, Stephen P. Becker (geoman@gentoo.org) 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...
> >
> > I still dont see what practical advantage that would bring to x86/amd64
> > users or developers?
>
> If you haven't figured out the reason we are pushing for this sort of
> thing yet, it is because x86 is unsupported in Gentoo (if you consider
> what all the other arches have to do to be "supported"). As a result,
> it causes the quality of the portage tree to suffer. Time and time
> again, it has been brought up that x86 should have an arch team, yet
> nobody ever acts on it. Well, merging the "two" arches will help solve
> this problem.
Surely ths solution to that problem is to set up an x86 arch team, not to put such big a millstone around the neck of the amd64 team.
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Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-01 17:10 [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64 Grant Goodyear
2005-09-01 17:20 ` Andrew Gaffney
2005-09-01 18:13 ` Grant Goodyear
2005-09-01 17:23 ` Simon Stelling
2005-09-01 17:27 ` Simon Stelling
2005-09-01 17:23 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 17:34 ` Stephen P. Becker
2005-09-01 17:42 ` Simon Stelling
2005-09-01 17:49 ` Stephen P. Becker
2005-09-01 17:59 ` Simon Stelling
2005-09-01 18:13 ` Brian Harring
2005-09-01 17:51 ` Stephen P. Becker
2005-09-01 18:02 ` Stephen Bennett
2005-09-02 19:33 ` splite-gentoo
2005-09-03 3:54 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2005-09-01 17:39 ` [gentoo-dev] " Stephen P. Becker
2005-09-01 17:45 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 17:47 ` Mike Frysinger
2005-09-01 17:52 ` Stephen P. Becker
2005-09-01 18:58 ` Luis Medinas
2005-09-01 20:46 ` Danny van Dyk
2005-09-01 17:50 ` Mike Frysinger
2005-09-01 17:54 ` Simon Stelling
2005-09-01 18:20 ` Chris Gianelloni
2005-09-01 17:41 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 17:50 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 18:02 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 18:11 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 18:32 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 18:46 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 18:53 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 19:02 ` Olivier Crete
2005-09-01 18:36 ` Olivier Crete
2005-09-01 18:42 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 18:54 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 19:02 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 19:14 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 19:29 ` Chris Gianelloni
2005-09-01 19:37 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 19:00 ` Martin Schlemmer
2005-09-01 19:17 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 19:34 ` Chris Gianelloni
2005-09-01 18:54 ` Stephen P. Becker
2005-09-01 19:09 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 19:25 ` Chris Gianelloni
2005-09-01 20:14 ` Ian Leitch
2005-09-01 20:32 ` Martin Schlemmer
2005-09-01 21:05 ` Olivier Crete
2005-09-01 22:02 ` Chris Gianelloni
2005-09-02 2:47 ` Luis Medinas
2005-09-01 20:26 ` Kevin F. Quinn [this message]
2005-09-01 21:41 ` Luis F. Araujo
2005-09-02 2:53 ` Luis Medinas
2005-09-01 18:59 ` Martin Schlemmer
2005-09-01 19:09 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 19:19 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 19:28 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 19:39 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2005-09-01 19:42 ` Simon Stelling
2005-09-01 20:01 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 19:23 ` Simon Stelling
2005-09-01 17:53 ` Lares Moreau
2005-09-01 18:41 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-01 19:06 ` Grant Goodyear
2005-09-01 20:52 ` Danny van Dyk
2005-09-01 18:57 ` Mike Doty
2005-09-01 21:10 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
2005-09-01 22:45 ` Christian Parpart
2005-09-02 1:38 ` Grant Goodyear
2005-09-02 4:28 ` Lance Albertson
2005-09-04 9:08 ` Christian Parpart
2005-09-04 15:38 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-09-02 12:25 ` Mike Doty
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