Re: AMD64 for sarge [<rant> Package: ftpmasters, Severity: serious, ...]

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>]

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:14:50 +0100, Scott James Remnant
<scott@netsplit.com> said:  

> It wasn't "changed" either, it was simply introduced in dpkg with a
> different architecture name; that was intended to be the *start* of
> a discussion period (the amd64 porters would be unaffected since
> they were already using a forked dpkg) -- it could've been easily
> changed before the release of sarge to something else after calm
> discussion.

	I am not up to speed with the actual technical issues
 involved, but I can say this: presenting people with a fait accompli
 as a means of starting a discussion is a piss poor way of doing
 things, and is far more likely to lead to acrimony than discussion. I
 am surprised you thought the outcome woulf be different.

> Instead the children involved with the port decided to throw a
> tantrum and believed the best way to get what they wanted was to be
> as loud and insulting as possible.

	And now you are returning the compliment?

	manoj
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