Re: Debian Installer Stretch Alpha 5 release
* Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> [2016-01-11 07:41]:
> > * The i386 architecture now requires 686-class processors:
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00589.html
>
> Why not just call it i686 then, in the Arch style?
i386 is the name of the architecture for historical reasons. If we
were to rename the port, we'd have to re-compile the whole archive and
upgrades wouldn't be as smooth because the architecture name would have
changed. It's just not worth the hassle.
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Martin Michlmayr
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