Bug#248043: ftp.debian.org: Request for new architecture: amd64
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 03:16:39PM +1000, Dave Whitla wrote:
> Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
>
> >
> >This will happen post-sarge, amd64 will not get released with sarge, and
> >adding it to sid now would only cause more work that can better be spent
> >elsewhere (read: releasing sarge).
> >
> >--Jeroen
> >
> >
> >
> (read: "I don't own an AMD64")
Nah. The second-most popular arch with the fastest buildd, expecting
an exponential growth over the years to when (hopefully) etch is frozen,
doesn't cut it in sid. The days and nights all you great amd64 people
out there have spent hunting bugs (that has been of great help to other
archs too), fixing installers, maintaining mirrors, helping newcomers
getting started and creating a port in an excellent shape - isn't good
enough. The amount of work involved in adding amd64 to sid proper is of
such unfathomable magnitude that we'd rather wait a couple of years,
filling up sid and sarge with a constant flow of broken packages and RC
bugs. You're too greedy and should've spent the extra dollars on
Itanium2s instead.
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