Re: why is amd64 still separate?
Matthias Julius <lists@julius-net.net> writes:
> Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
>
>> It's deemed necessary to split the archive into popular/less-popular
>> architectures before any more can be added -- not just amd64. The
>> current single archive is too big for mirrors. That work is in progress.
>
> I don't understand the problem there. Each mirror already can decide
> which architectures to mirror.
>
> Matthias
The first argument is: All primary mirrors must have all archs.
The second: Excluding archs is to hard for mirror admins, they will
drop debian complety instead of excluding archs.
Both arguments I can't agree with and some primary mirrors already
droped archs. But that were the reasons given.
MfG
Goswin
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