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Re: AMD64 Status Update -- And Future Directions



On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 02:14:19PM -0500, Joseph Ruscio wrote:
> Another point is that since multiarch is a project that is intended to support 
> multiple architectures, maybe it should not be so intertwined with AMD64. If 
> there is enough developer interest to support it (and it seems judging from 
> the last few weeks there is) wouldn't it be better to split multiarch into 
> its own project and have the amd64 port be just that, a full pure 64 bit port 
> of debian to AMD64? That way the guys interested in developing multiarch 
> wouldn't be hassled by all of us who want pure 64-bit debian now, and people 
> interested in pure 64-bit debian would have an official channel to work 
> through. Just my humble opinion.

That makes lots of sense to me.  There is little to multiarch that is
AMD64-specific.

-- John



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