Re: Debian Installer Stretch Alpha 5 release
On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:48:30 +0000
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-01-11 at 07:41 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 23:39:35 +0100
> > Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > > The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the fifth alpha
> > > release of the installer for Debian 9 "Stretch".
> > >
> > >
> > > Important change in this release of the installer
> > > =================================================
> > >
> > > * 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?
>
> Debian architecture names identify ABIs, not hardware requirements.
> We've progressively raised the minimum processor requirement for i386
> over the last 10 years or so.
>
> Ben.
>
This (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-compat.en.html#s-arches)
is somewhat misleading then, as it seems to give the impression that Debian's
i386 will run on actual 386es, which is not the case. Shouldn't this be
clarified?
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