Re: Time to drop binary -> binary-i386?
"James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com> writes:
> Martin Schulze <joey@kuolema.Infodrom.North.DE> writes:
> >I think it's time to drop the above link.
>
> I would appreciate keeping it, since I use it nearly every time I ftp
> to a debian mirror. I touch type, but I would still rather type a
> short name than a long one. The vast majority of Debian users have
> Intel based machines. I don't see any significant cost to leaving the
> links, or benefit to removing them.
Speaking of this subject, our current structure is very annoying. Eg:
/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/x11/xbase_....
You can have a path+filename longer than a line!
Can't we do something about that?
I don't want us all to end up with carpal tunnel! :-)
>
> - Jim Van Zandt
>
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